Iran-Serbia Call For Expansion Of Trade Co-op

Belgrade, Dec 4, IRNA – Iran's ambassador to Serbia and mayor of Serbia southern city of Koroliov in a meeting at the Town Hall on Saturday called for expansion of trade and economic cooperation. Abolqassem Delfi in a meeting with Liobisha Simovic in the presence of city officials and businessmen discussed economic and cultural cooperation between Koroliov and cities of Iran. Delfi, by referring to trade exchange level between Iran and Serbia in the year of 2010, which came to around 50 million dollars, said that the figure is much less than existing economic capacities of both countries. He added that, currently, trade commissions of Iran and Serbia are negotiating on cooperation in the field of energy. Delfi also called cultural cooperation between Koroliov and Iran cities as a good start for cooperation between industrialists of the cities. Simovic, for his part, appreciated Iranian government for donating a residential house to an earthquake stricken family last year and expressed his desire for cooperation with the city of Bam, in Kerman province, in the field of rebuilding and confronting with consequences of earthquake. He also proposed that a meeting be held between industrialists of Koroliov and Iranian cities to discuss each other's capacities for trade cooperation. Iran's cultural attaché also attended the meeting and reached an agreement with city officials on holding Iran's movie week in the city./end