New Delhi, July 16 -- Iranian Vice President and Head of the National Standards Organisation of Iran (INSO) Farzaneh Ansari on Thursday pushed three key initiatives aimed at boosting bloc-wide cooperation in emerging technologies, carbon reduction, and standardised trade protocols.

The Iranian Embassy in India reflected on the details of her address in the BRICS Heads of National Standards Bodies Meeting, being held over two days in Bengaluru, and stated that "it brings together the heads of the national standards bodies of BRICS member states to promote technical cooperation, develop common standards, strengthen quality infrastructure, facilitate trade, and review the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in standardiza...