Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 21
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
A high-ranking trade and banking delegation from Slovakia is scheduled to visit Iran in March 7, 2017, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported.
Slovakia’s deputy prime minister for Investments, Peter Pellegrini will head the 40-member delegation of 35 Slovak companies, which are active in the fields of mining industry, transport, oil and petrochemicals, engineering and technical services, construction, electronics and IT as well as finance and banking sectors.
The European country’s Finance Minister Peter Kažimír and Economy Minister Peter Žiga will also accompany the delegation.
The Slovak officials would sign a memorandum of understanding with Iran’s Economy and Finance ministry.
Earlier in November 2016, a 30-member Iranian delegation comprised of Iranian businessmen, headed by the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture Chairman Gholam Hossein Shafeie visited the eastern European country to explore avenues of expanding trade ties with their Slovak counterparts.