26 Apr 2024
Sunday 29 May 2016 - 10:12
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Iranian FM to begin EU tour in Netherlands, wrap up in Lithuania

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will begin his five-day European tour with the Netherlands and wrap it up in Lithuania, a source in the Iranian ministry told Sputnik on Saturday.

TEHRAN (Sputnik) Ministry spokesman Hussein Jaber Ansari first disclosed Zarifs plans tovisit several European countries last week. Iranian outlets later cited Swedens envoy tothe Islamic republic breaking news that Zarifs trip toStockholm was planned forJune 1.

"Zarifs trip toseveral European countries will start onSunday [May 29] and last untilJune 4. He will first head tothe Netherlands, then Finland, then Sweden, and will complete the tour inLithuania," a governmental source said.

Neither the aims nor the agenda ofthe ministers visit have been specified.

Ansari reportedly included Poland and Latvia asZarif's destinations inmaking the announcement onMay 23.

The visits would come half a year afterIranian President Hassan Rouhani toured France and Italy, where he and his delegation members signed agreements ina range ofindustries.
By Sputnik
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