BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

21/05/2007

Iran's president to visit Belarus

Mullahs' President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to leave Tehran for an official visit to Belarus on May 21-22. During the two-day visit which will take place at the invitation of his Belorussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, Ahmadinejad is scheduled to meet different Belorussian officials and the two sides will sign several cooperation agreements, Fars said.

Lukashenko has paid several visits to Iran during his present term, with the latest one on Nov. 5-7 last year, which focused primary attention on the issues of trade and economic cooperation with Iran.

The economic effect of the official visit by the Belorussian president to Iran in November was estimated at nearly 350 million U.S. dollars, according to Lukashenko's official website.

Persian Journal - Iran Latest News

Over the last few years, Iran and Belarus have been promoting bilateral economic and political relations.

Iran believes that Tehran and Minsk have similar views on international affairs and this would be a foundation for the two countries to forge closer relations, while Belarus increasingly views Iran as a major source of oil and gas and a major market for Belorussian industrial goods.

Source:

http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_22047.shtml