Tehran, YJC. Addressing a conference on mining and industry, President Rouhani said that what afflicted the sections during the 9th and 10th administrations should be considered as a fact of the past.
In a meeting to celebrate
the Mining and Industry Day on Tuesday, Hassan Rouhani asserted that his
administration is working hard to remove the obstacles that used to cripple Iran’s
industry.
Sanctions have
already been eased and Tehran is committed to reach a conclusion out of its
nuclear talks with the world powers, president added.
He promised to
facilitate private sectors’ interactions with the world and support their
investment.
Referring to the
investors’ problems during the eight years of hardliner
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidency, Rouhani noted that its administration
is keen to open a new chapter in government’s collaboration with the private sectors.
President Rouhani
pointed to the geopolitical situation of Iran as well as its rich natural
resources, underlining that the government is determined to reduce inflation
rate and make an economic boom.
Rouhani criticized the lack of competitive environment in
countries industries, making the rhetorical question that why after so many
years, say, 40-50 years, "our industries are too weak to compete with
international industrial giants.”
He congratulated National Day for Industry and Mine and
dubbed it day for producers, industrial actives, job innovators who make great
efforts to help the country on more progress.
Rouhani said that supporting industrial units without
competitive environment could be destructive and added that "we need social
capital and should remain hopeful that security and stability would reign in
the future.”
About the nuclear negotiations and sanctions imposed upon
Iran by West, Rouhani said that negotiations would continue with Iranians’
national interests and dignity to be upheld. "Iranian negotiators have enough
expertise to express Iran’s views in the talks between Iran and the six major
powers of the world,” said he.