TEHRAN The Italian Industries Minister Enrico Letta will pay a visit to Iran on Feb. 19 while the Italian prime minister will come to Iran in the third week of Feb.

Talking to the TEHRAN TIMES, Italian Ambassador to Tehran Riccardo Sessa also said, a delegation of 100 Italian industrialists is due to accompany Letta on Feb. 19, 2001.

The delegation comes at a time when Iran-Italy ties are at their apex, he added.

Feb. 19 is the Italian Day on which a seminar coordinated by the Iranian and Italian chambers of commerce will be held.

The delegation aims to establish ties with Iranian companies, study Iran's economic growth, and expansion of commercial cooperation between the two countries.

Also talking to the reporters, Behkish representative of Italian Chamber of Commerce in Iran, said, besides economic ties between Iran and Italy, today in addition to oil, we have transactions with Italy in other fields. The Third Development Plan requires new endeavors for expansion of bilateral ties with Italy.

The trip of the 100-member delegation to Iran is very important, he added.

On the forthcoming visit of Italian prime minister to Iran, Sessa said, he will probably come to Iran in the third week of February.