Comoros president arrives in Tehran

14 June 2008

Tehran-Comoros President Abdullah Sambi heading a high ranking political and economic delegation arrived in Tehran on Saturday.

Iran's Minister of Cooperatives Mohammad Abbassi officially received the Comoros president and his entourage at Mehrabad International Airport.

A number of Comoros officials including the minister of foreign affairs and minister of agriculture are accompanying President Abdullah Sambi during his Tehran visit.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to accord an official welcome to the Comoros president and his entourage on Sunday at the presidential office.

During his three-day stay in Tehran, the Comoros president is to confer with President Ahmadinejad as well as a number of Iranian officials on issues of mutual interests.