Vukosavljevic, Torkaman open Iran's booth at Belgrade Book Fair

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Culture Vladan Vukosavljevic and the director of Iran's Islamic Culture and Relations Organisation Abouzar Ebrahimi Torkaman ceremonially opened the Iran booth at the 61st International Belgrade Book Fair on Sunday.

In a statement to Tanjug, Vukosavljevic said the exceptional booth featured children's books, books on Iranian history and Persian poetry.

"I think the Serbia-Iran cooperation in culture is good, as well as in cinema, publishing and translation, but there is room for better and broader cooperation, and this is the opportunity," he noted.

The fair, which features over 450 direct publishers, ends on October 30.

The event was opened earlier in the day by Matica Srpska President Dragan Stanic (better known as Ivan Negrisorac) and author and film director Narges Abyar, representing Iran as the guest of honour...