Iran's Foreign Minister expected in Tunisia on two-day visit

Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi is expected to pay a two-day official visit to Tunisia to hold talks with the senior officials of the North African country, Press TV reports.

Speaking to reporters after a cabinet session on Sunday, Salehi said he would visit Tunisia on Monday at his Tunisian counterpart’s invitation to hold “good bilateral discussions” with the country’s senior authorities, Mehr news agency reported.

The top diplomat added that the two sides would exchange views on the latest developments in the region.

Iran has good economic and trade relations with Tunisia as a Muslim country, he noted.

The Iranian minister also described as “bright and constructive” the prospects of future ties between Tehran and Tunis.

It will be the first visit by a high-ranking Iranian official to Tunisia after the fall of the Ben Ali regime in 2011.