President Nazarbayev to visit Iran this year

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ASTANA. KAZINFORM - President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Iran this year, this has been reported today by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov.

Mr. Idrissov noted that this year Kazakhstan plans to hold a regular meeting of the intergovernmental commission between Kazakhstan and Iran on trade-economic and cultural cooperation. In addition, this year a meeting of the Business Council will take place in Iran. He also added that in the framework of the talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif the parties have discussed a set of issues. Special attention was paid to the development of trade and economic partnership. Mr.Idrissov reminded that during his visit to Kazakhstan President Rouhani signed the roadmap between the two countries on trade and economic collaboration. In turn, the Iranian Foreign Minister said that today our countries have good potential for cooperation. "We expect the visit of President Nazarbayev to Iran. And we hope that this visit will contribute to the development of our relations. During the current visit to Astana we have considered various international and regional issues including the situation in Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. We compared our positions and expressed hope that the region will reach peace and stability," concluded the Foreign Minister of Iran.

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