During his visit, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne spoke about tourism ties between Iran and France, saying: “France has always supported French tourists traveling to Iran and the expansion of this country’s industry.”

He said he was happy that Iran was participating at the exhibition, adding: “I like Iran and have visited the country twice. Although this was on business, but I have seen its high tourism potentials.”

He continued: “Iran has the capacity to increase its number of visitors by manifold every year.”

Lemoyne expressed his presence at the Iran pavilion as a show of friendship. He also visited some of the companies at the pavilion.