IRNA - Foreign Minister is to travel to Balkan and Eastern Europe as of Monday for talks with Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian and Bosnian officials, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said.

A high ranking trade delegation comprising economic activists and entrepreneurs from private and public sectors will accompany Zarif during his tour of Balkan and East European states, Qasemi said.

Meeting with his counterparts and other top officials of these countries and holding forums between traders are on the agenda of the Iranian foreign minister, the spokesman said.