European Union Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini expressed support for Iranian accession to the World Trade Organization, a European Commission official in charge of trade and tariff said on Saturday.
Jose Luis Fernandez told a senior official of Iranian Customs Organization Mahmoud Beheshtian that Mogherini declared the EU's support for Iranian accession to WTO in a statement released following an EU economic delegation's visit to Tehran after the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, IRNA reported.
Iran applied for WTO membership 20 years ago and now has an observer status in the organization after the US blocked Iranian accession.
Prolongation of the process to gain the WTO membership brought about crippling damages to Iranian economy and the per capita income of Iranians.
Washington blocked Iran's membership to the WTO over loggerheads with the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1979.