TEHRAN, February 20 (MNA) – Iranian and Afghan top bankers signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for developing the banking and monetary cooperation.Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Mohammadreza Farzin and his Afghan counterpart Noor Ahmad Agha met and held talks in Russia’s Saint Petersburg on Thursday to consult on developing and expanding the monetary and banking relations between the two countries.

During the meeting, the two sides pointed to the volume of trade-economic relations between the two countries, emphasizing that the development of monetary and banking cooperation is on the agenda in line with boosting and strengthening the economic exchanges between the two countries.

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