Tehran, Oct 22, IRNA � Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Tehran on Saturday afternoon, while presidents of four other states of Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Finland and Bosnia-Herzegovina are on way to Tehran.


President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena is to visit Iran in December.

President Hassan Rouhani visited Southeast Asia last month. He met with his Sri Lankan counterpart on the sidelines of ACD summit in Bangkok.

They exchanged views about many international and regional issues.

President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena already visited Iran in December 2006.

President Rouhani invited Indonesian President Joko Widodo to pay an official visit to Iran in February 2017.

Rouhani already visited Jakarta, Indonesia, in May 2015 for 2-day to attend the 60th anniversary of Asia-African Conference.

Meanwhile, President of Bosnia-Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic as well as President of Finland Sauli Niinisto are to visit Iran late October-November.

President Maduro is the current chairman of Non-Aligned Movement.

He is scheduled to discuss issues of mutual interests with President Rouhani.

Maduro began his tour to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Azerbaijan Republic and Iran on Friday, while OPEC members meeting in Vienna is to open in less than one month.

Consultations about the energy market are the most important part of the two presidents negotiations.

President Rouhani visited Venezuela last September to entrust chairmanship of NAM to President Maduro.

Meanwhile, President Rouhani is due to visit Armenia and Kyrgyzstan in the next months.

By IRNA