Speaking on the occasion of Government Week, he pointed to the expansion of diplomatic relations in the 13th administration and added that the NPC has conducted several expert-level talks with neighboring and regional countries which led to the development of foreign cooperation in the fields of selling catalysts and chemicals, offering technical-engineering services, supplying relevant parts and equipment, etc.
Shahmirzaei pointed to the significant role of the development of the value chain of the petrochemical industry in the economy of the country and added that creating added value, yielding foreign currency, generating employment, eradicating depravity and completing the value chain of different industries of the country are teh outcomes of the development of the petrochemical industry.
Elsewhere in his remark, the NPC chief referred to the necessity of paying due attention to the development of intermediate-complementary industries especially in the face of cruel sanctions imposed against the country and emphasized that the petrochemical industry is the symbol of resistance economy in the non-oil export arena.