Tehran, Feb 22, IRNA – President of Swiss Confederation Johann Schneider-Ammann is to visit Iran on Feb 26-28.

According to Switzerland’s RTS TV network, the president is going to be accompanied by 40 Swiss investors and entrepreneurs during the visit which aims promoting Tehran-Bern relations after the removal of sanctions on Iran.

According to RTS, a larger number of swiss businessmen were keen to visit Iran but they failed to do so because of the size of the delegation.

Former Swiss Ambassador to Tehran and head of Iran-Switzerland chamber of commerce Phillip Volti said what matters most is the level of the delegations given the fact that revival of old ties between the two countries should happen in ranking industrial and political levels.

He believed the visit is taking place in the most appropriate time.

Head of bilateral economic relations and Representative of Swiss Federal Council in trade contracts affairs (SECO) Livia Leu Agosti visited Iran in December.

Agosti and her accompanying delegation called for expansion of trade and economic ties between the two countries and discussed the necessary preparation to be made for the visit of the Switzerland's high ranking delegation.

Agosti used to serve as the first European ambassador to Iran and after her diplomatic tenure is still trying on consolidation of bilateral ties between the two countries.

Iran-Switzerland trade volume level in the past years from 2011 to the first four months of 2015 was more than 11.403 billion dollars.

During these years, Switzerland was among one of 10 trade partners of Iran and in the year 2012 its exchange trade level was 3.452 billion dollars.