IRNA- Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Slovakian President Andrej Kiska reviewed ways for expansion of mutual cooperation here on Thursday.


The ways for fostering political and economic cooperation also were discussed during the meeting.

Zarif was officially welcomed in Slovakian Presidential palace by Kiska on Thursday.

Zarif is also slated to hold talks with his Slovakian counterpart as well as the prime minister and parliament speaker within hours.

Zarif arrived in the Slovakia capital late on Wednesday on the second leg of his three-nation tour to the Eastern Europe.

He is also to attend a joint trade meeting and deliver a speech in Institute for International Studies in Slovakian Foreign Ministry.

Zarif arrived in the Romanian capital from Beirut on Wednesday, where he held separate talks with senior officials of the country on the issues of mutual interests.

He started his visit on Monday (Nov 7) heading a high-ranking economic and political delegation.

The Iranian foreign minister would also travel to the Czech Republic on the third leg of his tour to Eastern Europe respectively.