Iraqi: exporters, commanders and soldiers are the front line of the economic war.
The Foreign Minister said at the National Export Day meeting:
I congratulate all exporters and all of you on Export Day.
From my point of view, in the current state of the country we are facing both war and military threats, as well as extensive economic sanctions. One of the exporters said that this situation should be ended neither in war nor in peace, but at the moment the reality is that the situation in the country is really a war and the war is still going on. We have not reached a state of peace and we are far from it. Therefore, all decisions must be made within the framework of the state of war in the country.
In this war, which has very important economic dimensions, in my opinion, exporters, commanders and soldiers are the front line of this war and the national heroes of this country. Without pretense, I state that my personal firm belief is that those who struggle with this difficult situation caused by sanctions, and let me say local sanctions, export the country's goods and participate in the economic fronts abroad, despite all the obstacles created by the enemies, are our heroes.
They face various obstacles, including banking and non-banking problems, and find their way. They deal with all the problems that exist in the country and in this sense, they are a bit like us diplomats who have to work on different fronts.
🔹 In a situation where certain people can be called sanctions traders and they use the country's sanctions situation to earn a large income and live off the blood of these people, our exporters inject new blood into this company by raising currency for the country's economy and re-funding the currency received from exports. They also help the country's economy by creating job opportunities. Dr. Pazheshkian has said many times that the economic life of the country depends on production. In my opinion, an important part of production life also depends on export. If exports are made, production will flourish and it is this production that creates employment. Therefore, the status of exporters must be respected.
The second point is that I introduced the opinion in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that our duty is to serve the exporters and all economic factors, especially the exporters. We have nothing against anyone; This is our mission and duty.
In the field of foreign policy, we must remove obstacles from exporters, make it easier for them, create new markets for them and try to solve problems project by project and issue by issue and pave the way for their activity.