TEHRAN Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Tim Guldimann said here Thursday that chief of Switzerland's Federal Department of Economic Affairs is ready to pay a two-day official visit to Tehran along with a high-ranking economic delegation, comprising 21 representatives from Swiss industrial companies.

Guldimann told Iran's Minister of Economy and Finance Tahmasb Mazaheri that the visit would privide a suitable opportunity for Iran and Switzerland to expand trade ties given the importance of Iran's market for Swiss companies in terms of investment and transit of goods.

According to IRNA, Mazaheri stressed the need for expansion of economic cooperation between Iran and Switzerland and proposed that necessary decisions be taken for expansion of financial cooperation.

He said Swiss companies can export their products via Iran to Central Asia and the Persian Gulf littoral states.