Hamedan (in western Iran) governor-general on Sunday welcomed investment of Austrian investors in the region.

Iran attaches importance to improvement of cooperation with Austria as rotating president of the European Union (EU), Saeed Shahrokhi made the remarks in a meeting with the Austrian Ambassador to Iran Stefan Scholz.

Austrian investors are welcome to Hamedan, he added.

Earlier, a Bulgarian company had established cooperation with Hamedan in the field of new energies.