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Iranian President Set to Visit Sudan
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will start on Sunday a two-day official visit to Sudan, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said.
During the visit, Ahmadinejad will hold talks with Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir "on bilateral ties and regional issues of common concern".
Ahmadinejad and Omar al-Bashir will discuss ways to obviate obstacles on the way of their scientific and industrial cooperation.
Iran and Sudan have increased their mutual cooperation in various fields in recent years.
Sudan has publicly appeared as a supporter of Iran's right to enrich uranium for "peaceful" nuclear purposes.
In 2006, Al-Bashir called Iran's enrichment of uranium "a great victory for the Islamic world" and said that he supported Iran's right to its peaceful nuclear program.
Iran is interested in increasing its investment in Sudan's economy.
Following his visit to New York to attend the 66th UN General Assembly session, the Iranian President was due to take a trip to Venezuela, but he and Chavez decided to postpone the visit as the latter is recovering from a fourth round of cancer treatment.
Ahmadinejad is also due to travel to Mauritania during his African tour.
Before leaving Iran, he told reporters, "After the trip to Venezuela, we will travel to Mauritania in response to the trip taken by the country's president to Iran and will meet with the Mauritanian president."
"In all these three countries, international developments will be discussed," Ahmadinejad concluded.
Iran has long sought to boost ties and cooperation with the African countries in a bid to help them with development.
Tehran and Khartoum last year concluded several agreements on Iran's participation in Sudan's major development projects. The agreements came at the end of a visit to Tehran by a special envoy of the Sudanese president in November.
During the visit, Ahmadinejad will hold talks with Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir "on bilateral ties and regional issues of common concern".
Ahmadinejad and Omar al-Bashir will discuss ways to obviate obstacles on the way of their scientific and industrial cooperation.
Iran and Sudan have increased their mutual cooperation in various fields in recent years.
Sudan has publicly appeared as a supporter of Iran's right to enrich uranium for "peaceful" nuclear purposes.
In 2006, Al-Bashir called Iran's enrichment of uranium "a great victory for the Islamic world" and said that he supported Iran's right to its peaceful nuclear program.
Iran is interested in increasing its investment in Sudan's economy.
Following his visit to New York to attend the 66th UN General Assembly session, the Iranian President was due to take a trip to Venezuela, but he and Chavez decided to postpone the visit as the latter is recovering from a fourth round of cancer treatment.
Ahmadinejad is also due to travel to Mauritania during his African tour.
Before leaving Iran, he told reporters, "After the trip to Venezuela, we will travel to Mauritania in response to the trip taken by the country's president to Iran and will meet with the Mauritanian president."
"In all these three countries, international developments will be discussed," Ahmadinejad concluded.
Iran has long sought to boost ties and cooperation with the African countries in a bid to help them with development.
Tehran and Khartoum last year concluded several agreements on Iran's participation in Sudan's major development projects. The agreements came at the end of a visit to Tehran by a special envoy of the Sudanese president in November.
