MNA � In a meeting with the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), the Swiss ambassador to Tehran, Marcos Lightner announced that the two countries are to witness a growth in their mutual banking ties.

Referring to his country�s efforts to reinforce joint banking ties and re-opening Iran-Switzerland banking channel, Lightner informed that the common banking relations will increase, soon.

�Switzerland has always had proper banking ties with Iran and the US embargo on Iran should not restrict them,� the envoy said.

Hemmati, for his part, underlined that Iran will seek expansion of banking ties with other countries regardless of the US pressures.