TEHRAN (ECOIDEAL)- Head of Khorramabad Chamber of Commerce Hossein Salahvarzi underlined that a high-ranking Bulgarian delegation is slated to pay a visit to Iran on Monday.
"Businessmen and economic activists of Iran and Bulgaria will conduct a face-to-face meeting in Lorestan province tomorrow," Salahvarzi said.
A Bulgarian trade delegation will travel to Lorestan province on Monday morning in order for both sides to become familiar with economic capacities of each other and also conduct direct negotiations over issues of common interest.
"During the three-day visit, the visiting delegation will be accompanied by the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria Christo Stefanovpolendakov as well as Tsvetan Aleksov, First Secretary and Head of the Trade and Economic Affairs Service at the Embassy.
The official noted that the upcoming visit comes as a follow-up to the visit of a trade and economic delegation of Lorestan who visited Bulgaria in recent years.
"Bulgarian businessmen are slated to visit a number of production units in the Iranian province," Salahvarzi underlined, adding, "A conference will be also held on the development of economic cooperation between Lorestan province and Bulgaria.”
Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri underlined that his country considers broadening of relations with Bulgaria as highly important.
"I hope to witness the expansion of Tehran-Sofia relations," Jahangiri said in a message to Bulgarian Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov.
He reiterated that the private sectors of the two countries have vast capacities for boosting trade exchanges.
In relevant remarks in late October, Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Valentine Poriazov announced that the relations between Sofia and Tehran had entered a new phase.
"The new era of relations between Bulgaria and Iran needs enhancing consular cooperation," Poriazov said in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Ministry Director General for Consular Affairs Ali Chegini in Sofia.
Poriazov pointed to the recent negotiations between the two states stressing “a new chapter has been opened in bilateral relations between Tehran and Sofia making it necessary for consular cooperation to develop parallel to other areas.
He underlined that Iran and Bulgaria have the needed capacities to boost their cooperation in different fields.
In September, a senior Bulgarian member of the European Parliament called for boosting Tehran-Sofia relations.
"Iran and Bulgaria should broaden their cooperation in different field, specially in the economic and trade fields," Bulgarian Member of the European Parliament Maria Gabriel said in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Sofia Abdollah Norouzi in Bulgaria's capital.
Gabriel and Norouzi stressed the need for increasing the trade transactions between Tehran and Sofia.
The two sides also underlined the importance of enhancement of mutual cooperation between Iran and Bulgaria.
Source: Farsnews