Iran's FM Arrives In Astana

Astana, June 27, IRNA – Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi arrived here on Wednesday to attend the 12th meeting of joint economic cooperation commission between Tehran and Astana. He is to meet and discuss issues of mutual interest with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov and minister of Transportation. The 12th meeting of Iran-Kazakhstan joint economic cooperation commission will be held here on Wednesday by chairmanship of Kazakh minister of Transportation; from Iranian side the chairperson will be Foreign Minister Salehi. The 11th meeting was held in Tehran on March 2010. Kazakhstan is the 8th largest country in the world./end