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Saturday 29 August 2015 - 13:35
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Kyrgyz president due in Iran for talks

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev will pay an official visit to the Iranian capital of Tehran next week to hold talks with the countrys seniorauthorities.

Atambayev is totravel to Tehran at the head of a high-ranking politico-economic delegation at the officialinvitation of Irans President Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian ambassador to Bishkek Ali Najafi told IRNA on Saturday.

During his three-day stay in Tehran, the Kyrgyz president is slated to exchange views with his Iranian counterpart and other top officials onways to further improve mutual ties, the envoy added.

He noted that Iran and Kyrgyzstan will also sign documents to strengthen cooperation in different sectors.

Atambayevs trip will be his first visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran in10 years, Najafi said.

Rouhani paid an official visit to Kyrgyzstan in September 2013 to attendthe Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. On the sidelines of the summit, he held talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart and a number of other senior officials taking part inthe event.

Kyrgyzstan,China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are the six permanent members of the SCO. Iran, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Mongolia haveobserver statusatthe organization.

By Press TV
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