Tehran, Feb 11, IRNA — Executive Director for Investment in Sweden’s Commerce Ministry Ms. Elva Berri said on Saturday that Swedish companies are so interested to invest in Iran by sharing know-how.

The Swedish Commerce Ministry official said that Swedish companies have plenty of cooperation grounds for new energies sector, and added that companies from both states may begin their cooperation with Swedish companies financing the projects.

She also expressed the hope that during stay of the Sweden’s prime minister in Iran the two sides would witness signing agreements in the field of new energies.

In the delegation, directors of Swedish well-known companies like Scania, Ericsson, Elekta, Volvo, ABB, Sensys Gatso Group, Danske Bank, financial agency of EKN, Swedish Energy Agency, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority and IF Metal are accompanying the prime minister in his visit.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met with visiting prime minister of Sweden, Stefan Löfven, in Tehran on Saturday. During the meeting, the Leader pointed to numerous potentialities for the promotion of cooperation between the two nations, adding, “We welcome expansion of relations between the two countries in all fields and hope that [the result of] negotiations and agreements achieved [by the two sides] would be realized in practice as well.”