TEHRAN – Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Samad Hassanzadeh has said that ICCIMA, as the representative of Iran’s private sector, is ready to boost trade relations with Serbia.

Hassanzadeh made the remarks in a meeting with Demir Kovacevic, Serbia's new ambassador to Iran, in Tehran on Sunday, the ICCIMA portal reported.

Referring to Serbia as Iran’s gateway to Europe, he voiced the readiness of Iran Chamber of Commerce to launch a trade-expo center in the European country.

Hassanzadeh regretted that a 2021 document for establishing a joint economic commission between Iran and Serbia has not yet been put into practice.

Noting that Iran’s call for signing a free trade agreement with Serbia has not been responded by Belgrade, he called on the Serbian ambassador to put these issues on the agenda. 

In the meantime, the Serbian ambassador noted that the visit to Iran Chamber of Commerce was his first visit after he began his mission in Iran, what he said indicated his country’s great attention to promotion of trade cooperation with Iran.

He still believed that the two countries have to solve problems on the way of banking and money transfer so as expedite trade ties.

Ambassador Kovacevic highlighted the role of a joint committee of commerce between Iran and Serbia, urging the need for forming a trade council of business people and economic operators of the two sides to share trade potentials.

He vowed that the embassy would do its best to materialize the trade targets of Iran and Serbia, operationalize cooperation agreements already signed and establish a free trade agreement between the two countries.

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Photo: ICCIMA Head Samad Hassanzadeh (R) meets Serbia's new Ambassador to Iran Demir Kovacevic in Tehran on Sunday.