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Iran's Rouhani to visit Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan for talks

Xinhua,March 26, 2018 Adjust font size:

TEHRAN, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will pay official visits to Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan to discuss ways of improving mutual relations, Press TV reported on Sunday.

During the two-day visit, Rouhani will discuss latest developments in the region.

He will leave Tehran for Ashgabat on Tuesday first at the invitation of his Turkmen counterpart, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.

Rouhani and Berdimuhamedow will hold talks and then the two countries' high-ranking delegations would meet.

Iran and Turkmenistan would also sign documents for cooperation in the presence of the two presidents.

Iranian president would pay a short visit to Turkmenistan ancient city of Merv.

On Wednesday, Rouhani will head for Baku to hold talks with his Azeri counterpart, Ilham Aliyev.

In the presence of Rouhani and Aliyev, Tehran and Baku are scheduled to sign several cooperation documents after which the two presidents will attend a joint press conference.

An economic meeting would be held on Thursday to discuss the strengthening of cooperation among the two countries' state-run sectors and economic agents. Enditem

 

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