Belgrade (IP) – Head of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) held talks with Serbian officials to discuss Tehran-Belgrade relations on Tuesday.

Iran PressEurope: Alireza Peyman-Pak, who has traveled to Belgrade at the head of a business delegation, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Nikola Selaković.

During the meeting, the Serbian minister referred to the 85-year-old history of political, cultural and social relations between Tehran and Belgrade and his recent visit to Iran.

Referring to his recent visit to Tehran and the telephone call held between Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Serbian counterpart, Selaković welcomed his country to become a gateway for Iranian goods to enter Europe and stated: "Now that the banking problems between the two countries have been resolved, it is the best time to expand relations and form a joint commission."

Terming Belgrade's ties with Iran higher than the average relations with other countries, Selaković called for making the preparations for the Presidents of the two sides to meet.

Peyman-Pak, for his part, called for forming a working group to collaborate on a joint economic and commercial project.

In the end, the two sides agreed on forming a joint working group and it was decided that the structure of this group would be prepared by Iran and presented to the Serbian side within 10 days in the form of a draft text. 219

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