Progress towards opening deeper relations between Slovenia and Iran was made after Slovenia's Eurovision representative qualified for this year's final and following the successful implementation of Slovenian business day in Denmark – organised in Copenhagen by the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders' Association (VZMD) and its Invest to Slovenia – investo.si programme, with the assistance of Tinkara Kovač and the Slovenian Embassy in Copenhagen. In the framework of the above-mentioned investo.si programme VZMD President Mr Kristjan Verbič, MSc., flew to Iran on Friday evening and is participating in a strong business delegation accompanying the President of The Slovenian National Assembly Mr Janko Veber on his visit to Tehran and Isfahan.

The Iranian-Slovenian business conference, which took place on Saturday evening at the Iranian Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Mines (ICCIM) in Tehran, was, apart from 25 Slovenian representatives and numerous Iranian companies and institutions, also attended by the Chairman of the Parliament of Iran Ali Larijani. Many B2B meetings took place and all necessary provisions were made for the successful presentations of companies, institutions and investment projects included in the two VZMD international business-investment programmes: Invest to Slovenia (investo.si) and International Investors` Network (invest-to.net).

The second Iranian-Slovenian Business Conference with business B2B meetings among Slovenian and Iranian businessmen took place yesterday 460 km away in Isfahan at the Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA). On this occasion the members of the Slovenian business delegation also backed a special appeal for the establishment of a Slovenian diplomatic-consular post in Iran. The initiative given by the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, together with 25 companies and organisations participating in the business delegation, is actively also backed by VZMD since such a representative body would significantly improve the possibilities of business cooperation among the companies in both countries.   

Following the receptions held by two Iranian Minsters on Wednesday, the President of the Slovenian National Assembly met the President of Iran Hassan Rouhani.

The VZMD President is otherwise visiting Iran in the framework of this year's third tour of investo.si and invest-to.net programmes. In the framework of the tour this time the VZMD President, apart from carrying out many duties in Eurovision Copenhagen, also paid a one-day-visit to the OECD Forum in Paris. Immediately after the activities in Iran are completed, he is to depart for New York to attend an annual conference at the invitation of the International Financial Litigation Network (IFLN). As a guest-speaker at the IFLN annual conference, the VZMD President is going to present the problems tied to the scandalous expropriation of the owners of shares and bonds at the Slovenian banks and the activities related to this problem which are carried out by VZMD. He is going to point out that the measures that were put into force in Slovenia might also be implemented in some other European countries during the forthcoming new round of stress tests. 

After this year's successful presentations of companies, institutions and investment projects in Bled, Bratislava, Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, New Delhi, Ouagadougou and Paris, and last year's in Astana, Almaty, Baku, Bled, Brussels, Buffalo,Bucharest, Cape Town, Celje, Dubai, Vienna, Kiev, Ljubljana, Madrid, Minsk, Moscow, New Delhi, Tokyo, Toronto and Zagreb,VZMD is planning to be actively present and to carry out the presentations on five continents this year!

VZMD invites all who would like to take part in their events and activities to contact the VZMD investo.si coordinator by phone 031 770 771 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.