Caspian states to meet in Iran to streamline multilateral trade

TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) - The 13th meeting of the International Council of Business Cooperation (ICBC) of the Caspian Sea littoral states will be held from May 22 to 25 in the northern Iranian city of Gorgan. Representatives from the chambers of commerce of Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Azerbaijan will attend the meeting. The expansion of tourism, organizing exhibitions, the process of issuing visas, boosting customs and banking cooperation, and facilitating investment in Caspian states are some of the issues on the top of the agenda of the meeting. The ICBC was established by the chambers of commerce of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Iran in 1996.