FNA- A high-ranking Slovakian trade delegation will arrive in Tehran in coming days to hold talks with senior Iranian officials.

The Slovak delegation comprising representatives of the country's 35 companies will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister for Investment Peter Pellegrini.

The Slovak economy is a developed, high-income economy, with the GDP per capita equaling 76 percent of the average of the European Union in 2014.

Slovakia has successfully transformed from a centrally-planned economy to a market-oriented economy. Major privatizations are nearly complete, the banking sector is almost completely in private hands, and foreign investment has also risen.

In a relevant development in mid-July 2016, Iran's Non-Resident Ambassador to Slovakia Ebadollah Molaei and Coordinator of the Slovak Presidency at the Council of the European Union Ivan Kor?ok in a meeting in Bratislava underlined the need for the broadening of mutual cooperation.

During the meeting in the Slovak capital on Thursday, Molaei and Kor?ok explored avenues for bolstering and reinvigorating bilateral relations between Tehran and Bratislava.

The Iranian envoy pointed to the good economic and political relations between Tehran and Bratislava, and said, "The prospect of relations between the two states is promising."

He also welcomed the important and positive role of Slovakia in boosting Iran-Europe relations.

Kor?ok, for his part, voiced his satisfaction with the significant development of cooperation between Tehran and Bratislava.

He referred to Slovakia's Minister of Finance's recent visit to Iran, and said, "The visit was an important step forward to deepen economic collaboration between the two countries."

Kor?ok called for the enhancement of cooperation between Iran and the European Union in all fields, including the energy sector.

In February 2015, Slovakian Ambassador to Tehran J�n B�ry voiced his country's willingness to broaden economic and trade relations with Iran.

"The two countries' tradesmen and businessmen enjoy high capabilities for cooperation in different sectors and we invite Iran's private sector to take part in Slovakia's projects," B�ry said.

B�ry voiced his country's willingness to broaden economic and trade relations with Iran.

"The two countries' tradesmen and businessmen enjoy high capabilities for cooperation in different sectors and we invite Iran's private sector to take part in Slovakia's projects," B�ry said.