BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

01/11/2006

Iran's envoy gives priority to Lukashenkov's trip to Tehran

Iran's ambassador to Belarus on Wednesday described the upcoming visit of Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenkov to Tehran as an important event in promoting ties between the two countries.

Abdolhamid Fekri told official Belarus news agency 'Belta' that mutual relations, including economic and commercial cooperation, will feature in Lukashenko's meeting with high-ranking Iranian officials.

Lukashenkov will pay a visit to Tehran in the first half of November.

The ambassador underlined that the leaders of the two states will focus on ways to increase commercial exchanges between the two countries.

They will also study and sign a number of memoranda of understandings to bolster cooperation among governments and institutes of the two countries, he added.

Fekri said that Iran's embassy in Minsk in cooperation with Ministry of Foreign Affairs will try to prepare the prerequisites for Belarus president's visit to Tehran.

Terming Iran-Belarus relations as perfect, he added that the two countries effectively cooperate within international organizations including the United Nations and Non-Aligned Movement.

Pointing to regular consultations between Iran-Belarus foreign ministries, the ambassador noted that the two countries have also established parliamentary cooperation.

He stated that the two countries have no differences on international issues.

Sergei Martynov, Belarus foreign minister, recently paid a visit to Tehran.

Martynov said that some agreements in the field of legal, information organizations and TV channels cooperation will be signed during Lukashenkov's trip to Iran.

Source:

http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0611011872193915.htm

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