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Iran, Kazakhstan sign agreements to boost ties

Xinhua, April 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iran and Kazakhstan signed 11 agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) here on Monday in a bid to boost cooperation in diverse areas, Tasnim news agency reported.

The documents were signed by the two countries' senior officials with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his visiting Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in attendance.

Based on the agreements, Tehran and Astana will cooperate in a variety of fields, ranging from technology, road and rail transport, commerce and environmental protection to prisoner exchanges, the report said.

Heading a high-ranking economic and political delegation, Nazarbayev arrived in the Iranian capital on Monday for talks on bilateral ties as well as international issues with Iran. Endit