We must take our share of the global economy
Senior Advisor to the President of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce: I recommend that we join the global treaties and protocols after the FATF, because otherwise we will pay more. If our conditions are opened and sanctions are lifted and we become a member of the FATF, but if we are not a member of these global treaties, we can not get our share.
According to the Iran International Stone Exhibition, Ahmad Pourfallah said about the importance and impact of the FATF bills: "The importance of the FATF for the country's economy is such that our plans to remove sanctions from the country without accepting the FATF and following its rules, in practice It will not work. Many opponents of the FATF are thinkers who have not had the opportunity to read the mechanism and consider its implications. Their idea is that for each transaction we have to get permission from a specific organization or an organization as an overseer to constantly tell us why you did this or that.
He added: "We believe that in order to achieve a free economy, we need to establish transparency in our economic structure and behavior, so we should not worry that if we transfer resources to destinations, the source may be uncertain. We are a country that relies on its own capabilities, we are not given money for no reason, and we do not accept it. The country's money comes from our oil and non-oil exports, which we work hard to serve the community, so we should not be afraid to look at where this money comes from and where it goes.
The High Advisor to the President of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce also added: "I hope that with the restrictions caused by our non-joining made public and therefore on the agenda again, this time we can successfully remove the FATF approval from the Expediency Council and one of the embankments." Solve our greatness in order to join the great economic family of the world.
"If we want to take our share of the global economy based on population, size of the country, strategic nature of the region in which we are present, we have no choice but to disobey the laws that most people in the world have accepted and the banking and financial systems operate accordingly." they do.
The head of the Iran-Italy Joint Chamber of Commerce stressed the need to join the global treaties and said: "I recommend that we join the global treaties and protocols after the FATF, because otherwise we will pay more." If our conditions are opened and sanctions are lifted and we become a member of the FATF, but if we are not a member of these global treaties, we will not be able to get our share. It is natural that we lose our chance when our products are exported to the target countries with 3 or 4 times more duties than, for example, Saudi Arabia, which has joined FAFT. Or we have to sell cheaply to other countries so that it can be repackaged and sold and become practically so expensive that we lose the market.
He added: "The atmosphere is different from the political atmosphere in which the parliament stood up and said we do not want to join the FATF." I hope that as soon as possible the conditions will be such that we can join the international economy and get our natural and economic rights in different areas of the world. If a tourist could not pay or receive money through the banking system or a merchant could not transfer via Swift, we would be in the same circle.
"I am very optimistic about this, and I think there is more than a 90% chance that the FATF will vote on the Expediency Council," said Pourfallah. I hope that this will happen and that instead of emotional and far-sighted comments, an expert opinion will be replaced so that we can take our share of the global economy based on national interests and the people.
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