Iranian banks to open branches in Seoul

The main axes of talk between the Iranian and South Korean finance ministers included creation of Lines of Credit (LOCs) between banks of Iran and South Korea, launch of brokerage ties as well as opening branches of Iranian banks in the East Asian country.

Iran’s Economy Minister Ali Tayebnia has travelled to South Korea to take part at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to be held in the city of Jeju from June 16-18, 2017.

On the sidelines of 2017 AIIB Jeji, the Iranian minister met with South Korea’s Dong-yeon and the two sides exchanged views of economic issues like creating credit lines between the two sides and opening branches of Iranian financial institutions in South Korea.

Accordingly, talks with South Korean banks over creation of LOCs are being finalized though agreements need to be reached by ministers of the two countries in order to resolve certain issues.

Moreover, measures already taken to provide broker relations or to open branches of Iranian banks in the East Asian state need to be pursued more seriously by banks of both sides.

Facilitation of conversion of currency resulting from sales and transport of crude oil was yet another issue discussed at the joint meeting between Tayebnia and Dong-yeon.

SOURCE : MEHRNEWS