Launch of Iran-Turkey joint brand in saffron processing and
packaging

According to the information center of the Ministry of
Jihad-Agriculture, quoted by the public relations of the Central Organization
of Rural Cooperatives of Iran, Dr. Hossein Shirzad, in a meeting with a Turkish
delegation of senior managers and heads of the Turkish Agricultural Unions
(NCTU), he said: The Rural Cooperative Central Organization and its network of
specialized and specialized trade unions can easily enter into bilateral
agreements, establish trade commodity trading lanes, and open joint credit
lines through trusted banks, and expand economic transactions, and launch a
win-win game with the participation of both countries.

Director of the Central Organization of Rural Cooperatives, after
mentioning that Iran has historically and climatically favored some crops such
as saffron and has about 90% of the world's saffron production in terms of
volume, added: Launching Iran-Turkey Joint Brand for Saffron Processing and
Packaging can provide great mutual benefits and is a useful commercial solution.

He recalled the joint membership of Iran and Turkey in the
International Cooperation Association (ICA) and the International Principles of
Cooperation and mentioned that: Co-operatives of Iran and Turkey can jointly
launch a profitable business in the field of agricultural commodities exchange
and establishment of a secure logistics corridor for the transfer of Turkish
products to Central Asia.

He also added that: cumin, poultry milk, and barberry are
other Iranian products that can be exported to Turkey through Iranian
cooperatives.