German, Chinese Companies Eager to Enhance Aerospace Cooperation with Iran

(FNA)- German and Chinese firms have shown enthusiasm for increasing cooperation with Iran in the aerospace sector.

A number of Chinese companies visited the booth of Iran's Sharif Hamrah Pazhouhan Science and Technology Co. at the MAKS 2015 air show in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow and voiced preparedness to cooperate with Tehran in the space field.

Also the authorities of Germany's Lufthansa airline held a meeting with the officials at the Islamic Republic of Iran's booth at the exhibition and underlined their eagerness to cooperate with Iranian companies.

Also on Friday, head of an Iranian private sector company participating in the MAKS-2015 Air Show in Moscow said that the Russians had asked for Tehran's technical help in the drone sector, adding that Iran had been invited to take part in the upcoming France Air Show.

"One of the noteworthy points of MAKS-2015 Air Show was Russia's request for purchase of engines of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Iran," Farhad Khalouzadeh, the managing director of an Iranian company attending the MAKS-2015 Air Show in Moscow, said.

He noted that the manager of the Paris Air Show also invited the Iranian aviation firms to take part in the upcoming air show in the French capital.

Khalouzadeh underlined that despite the US efforts to isolate Iran, the world countries are seeking Iran's cooperation, and said, "In the same exhibition, the Russians showed their interest in Iran's presence and they even helped Iran to set up it pavilion MAKS because we insisted to be in the same exhibition hall that major foreign companies such as Boeing and Airbus are present."

On Thursday, Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sourena Sattari and Head of the Russian Space Agency Igor Kamarov in a meeting in Moscow discussed ways for broadening of mutual cooperation in the aerospace field.

During the meeting in the Russian capital, the two officials underlined the need for the further expansion of cooperation between Tehran and Moscow in aerospace.

On Wednesday, Sattari and the Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov in a meeting in Moscow finalized an agreement on the joint production of airplanes.

The two officials discussed expansion of all-out ties in various aviation fields at the meeting and made a number of agreements on the development of engineering centers and industrial parks in both countries.

Manturov will pay a visit to Iran in December simultaneous with the inauguration of Russia's specialized industrial exhibition in Tehran.

An Iranian delegation arrived in Moscow on Monday to discuss the delivery of Russian S-300 missile systems and take part in the International Aviation and Space Show (MAKS-2015).

The five-day space show kicked off on Tuesday in the town of Zhukovsky.

More than 700 Russian and foreign companies from 30 countries have put their products on display at the show.