islamic republic of iran as ghaser strongly supports the successful efforts of brics in the direction of de-dollarization of economic relations between members, as well as the use of national currencies and the strengthening of brics mechanisms for payment and financial settlement. the president called africa one of the main capitals of the southern world and announced iran's special attention to the continent of opportunities. the islamic republic of iran has long been a friend of africa and strengthening economic cooperation with african countries is on our agenda. and we have special plans for cooperation with different african countries at the bilateral and multilateral levels. production factory wood and plastic products with an investment of 160 billion tomans were opened in golestan province with the presence of the minister of labor cooperation and social welfare. one of these factories has created an annual production capacity of 600,000 mdf sheets in an area of more than 5,000 square meters, and its products are supposed to be exported to iraq and turkmenistan. the second