Iran's trade center for Balkans to open in Belgrade

A commercial trade center of Iran will be opened in Belgrade in the next two months and will be the headquarters of Iranian economy for the Balkans and South East Europe, announced the ambassador of Iran to Serbia, Majid Fahim Pour, today.

He talked with Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic and informed him of the interest of certain representatives of the Iranian financial sector in buying some of the banks in Serbia, to the end of establishing payment operations between the two countries and facilitate operations of Iranian businessmen in Serbia.

Ljajic, as his cabinet reports, also talked with the ambassador of Korea to Serbia, Lee Dohoon, who confirmed that Serbia would be visited by several representative of tourist agencies from Korea in late September so that they might familiarize themselves with Serbia's tourist potentials and implement them in their programs.

Dohoon and Ljajic also talked about the possibility of signing an agreement on free trade between the two countries.

Ljajic said that experts at the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications were considering the effects that such an agreement might have on the current merchandise trade between the two countries and that he would notify the competent authorities in Seoul about it.

Ambasada Islamske Republike Iran

Ministarstvo turizma i omladine Republike Srbije

Ambasada Demokratske narodne Republike Koreje u Beograd

commercial trade center of Iran

Embassy of Iran in Serbia

Majid Fahim pour

Rasim Ljajic

Embassy of Korea in Serbia

Lee Dohoon

free trade between Serbia and Korea