TEHRAN – Spanish Minister of Industry, Energy, and Tourism José Manuel Soria López is scheduled to hold talks with Iran’s Minister of Energy Hammid Chitchian and Minister of Oil Bijan Namdar Zanganeh in Tehran, the Tasnim News Agency reported on Sunday.

Soria López and a number of Spanish business owners will meet Iranian ministers of Oil, Energy, and Industry, Mine, and Trade, according to the Spanish Economia Digital (ED) News Agency.
According to the announced schedule, the Spanish delegation is supposed to discuss bilateral ties with four Iranian ministers in Tehran and Isfahan during their three-day formal visit to the country. Also, a seminar has been planned to be held concurrent with the arrival of the delegation to study joint cooperation between the two countries.
Spain was the 12th leading importer of Iranian non-oil goods in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March 21, according to the Iran Customs Administration.  
In addition to Industry, Energy, and Tourism Minister, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, and Public Works and Transport Minister Ana Maria Pastor Julian are part of the delegation.

Already, in April, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Spanish Economy and Competitiveness Minister Luis de Guindos in a meeting in Madrid on Wednesday called for improving relations in all areas of economy, especially in tourism and energy sector.

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