Iran's new ambassador to Germany told IRNA here Monday evening after arriving at his mission's place that Tehran-Berlin ties need to improve to a level to reflect two countries' potentials. Ali Reza Sheikh Attar added, "Historical relations between Iran and Germany have always been strong and compared with the other European countries, this one has maintained good ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran." Referring to the 18% increase of Germany's exports to Iran during the first four months of the current (Iranian) year (1387, started on March 21, 2008), year on year, he said, "Keeping in mind the entire existing restrictions and difficulties in this respect, this increase in economic ties is noticeable." He added, "There are lots of unused potentials in two countries' relations, a part of which is due to the two countries'...
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