First Protocol on economic, scientific and technical cooperation in the agricultural sector between the Hellenic Republic and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

According to the provisions of the Agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Hellenic Republic and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Islamic Republic of Iran for economic, scientific and technical cooperation in the agricultural sector (signed in Tehran on 1 May 1999), delegations of the two countries met in Tehran on 12 October 1999 in order to speed up the cooperation process. The two Parties confirmed their decision to develop a bilateral cooperation Program in the agricultural sector and to further agree upon the initiatives to be undertaken in the period 1999-2000.
The fields of agricultural cooperation and fisheries were identified as areas of possible cooperation. In particular, cooperation can cover the following fields: irrigation systems and measures applied to struggle against the drought and desertification; olive culture and olive-oil production; viniculture and processing of vineyard products; open sea fishing; aquaculture.