By: Lachin Rezaian

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Zarif issued a message of condolence on death of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Head of Iran’s Expediency Council.

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Leader of islamic revolution Ayatollah Khamenei in a message of condolence paid tribute to an old friend and combatant ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani.

TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) – Iran's Head of Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has died of a heart failure.

France's Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche hailed the upcoming talks on Syria due in Kazakhstan's capital, TASS reported.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is paying an official visit to five countries of Africa. During January 7 12 the Chinese Minister will visit Madagascar, Zambia, Tanzania, Congo and Nigeria.

Kazakhstan and India are creating a legal framework for enhancement of information exchange in the tax sphere.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Kairat Abdrakhmanov and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development of France Jean-Marc Ayrault have had a phone call at the French party's

Hanoi, January 9 (VNA) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is ready to further speed up the process to create a legally binding code of conduct (COC) in the East Sea with China.

Hanoi, January 9 (VNA) – Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will pay an official visit to China from January 12-15, according to the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relation