India, Iran sign aviation, 5 other pacts

New Delhi: India and Iran on Friday signed six agreements, covering the sectors of aviation, small industries and science and technology, as it completed the 16th Joint Commission meeting between the two countries.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna co-chaired the meeting with Iranian Finance minister Seyed Shamseddin Hosseini, where they reviewed bilateral economic and cultural cooperation. It was agreed that the next Session of the Joint Commission would be held in Tehran.
The agreements inked include an Air Services Agreement, an agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons, MoU on Cooperation in New &Renewable Energy, MoU on Cooperation in Small Scale Industry between National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) and Iranian Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organisation (ISIPO), Programme of Cooperation on Science &Technology and a MoU on Cooperation between Central Pulp and Paper Research Institute of India (CPPRI) and Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources (GUASNR).
10/07/10 Indian Express

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