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Kyrgyz president due in Iran for talks

29 Aug 2015 - 13:35


Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev will pay an official visit to the Iranian capital of Tehran next week to hold talks with the country�s senior�authorities.

Atambayev is to�travel to Tehran at the head of a high-ranking politico-economic delegation at the official�invitation of Iran�s 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 on�ways to further improve mutual ties, the envoy added.

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

�Atambayev�s trip will be his first visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran in�10 years,� Najafi said.

Rouhani paid an official visit to Kyrgyzstan in September 2013 to attend�the 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 in�the event.

Kyrgyzstan,�China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are the six permanent members of the SCO. �Iran, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Mongolia have�observer status�at�the organization.

By Press TV


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