Collaboration with Italian and French Banks are priorities for forging correspondent relations, said Ali Saleh Abadi, chief executive of Export Development Bank of Iran, Eximnews reported late Sunday. The two European countries are working to ease trade with Iran and opening bank accounts and credit lines would be the focus of talks with officials in Rome during the week. Saleh Abadi is accompanying President Hassan Rouhani on his visit to Italy. The president will also meet French leaders and call on Pope Francis at the Vatican.
