French Ambassador to Iran Philippe Thiébaud made the remarks in a meeting with Iran’s Minister of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare Mohammad Shariatmadari in Tehran on Tuesday.

Axar.az reports citing IRNA that Iran’s Minister of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare Mohammad Shariatmadari noted that Tehran and Paris can cooperate in labor market and workforce skills enhancement.

Thiébaud said that Paris is ready to cooperate with Iran on the training labor force, retirement, as well as the development of relations between universities.

Shariatmadari added that Iran has boosted employment in villages from 3 percent to 25 percent.