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Iran's Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture said it is following up on a joint Iran-Uruguay committee and proposed a webinar on Uruguayan and Latin American market opportunities for Iranian firms. Tehran Times reported the remarks from a Tuesday Chamber report, which described a meeting between the Chamber head, Samad Hassanzadeh, and Uruguay's ambassador in Tehran, Beraldo Nicola. Hassanzadeh named technical and engineering services, petrochemical, refining and agricultural technologies as suitable fields, and cited industrial machinery, agricultural products, leather, shoes and pharmaceuticals as exports Iran could pursue to Uruguay. He noted that current bilateral relations are very limited, and referred to past rice and meat imports from Uruguay and past urea, ammonia and fertilizer exports from Iran. He said the Chamber was ready to welcome a Uruguayan trade delegation and pointed to a previously signed memorandum of understanding on a joint committee, which he described as effective. The ambassador said Uruguayan traders were interested in cooperation and that Uruguay's economy is driven by the private sector. The article gives no timeline or signed agreement.