President Masoud Pezeshkian is scheduled to visit Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei announced on Monday.
In his weekly press conference on Sunday, Baqaei said that Pezeshkian would travel to the two Central Asian countries in the coming days, without specifying the details of the planned visits.
Meanwhile, in a statement, the Kazakh presidential office announced that the Iranian president would pay an official visit to Astana on Wednesday.
According to the statement, during Pezeshkian’s two-day trip, the two countries would review bilateral relations and discuss ways to further strengthen trade and economic cooperation, transport and logistics, as well as cultural and humanitarian activities.
Previously, Deputy for International Affairs of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Hamed Asgari, talked about the president’s visit to Kazakhstan at the head of a large trade delegation. “Iran’s private sector is ready to take on a leading role in strengthening economic relations with Kazakhstan,” Asgari said.
The details of Pezeshkian’s visit to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, have not yet been announced.
