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Kenya, Iran move to lift tea export ban within 60 days

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Iran delegation during the 7th Session of the Kenya-Iran Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) in Nairobi on Tuesday, August 12.[Photo,Ministry]

Kenya and Iran have agreed to form a joint committee to resolve trade barriers within 60 days, clearing the way for the lifting of Iran's ban on Kenyan tea imports.

The deal was reached during the 7th Session of the Kenya-Iran Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) in Nairobi on Tuesday, August 12, co-chaired by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Iran's Minister of Agricultural Jihad, Dr Gholamreza Nouri Ghezalcheh.

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