Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan in coming days to talk on bilateral relations, Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday, Xinhua reports.
The announcement was made by Mahmoud Vaezi, the Iranian president's Chief of Staff. "President Rouhani would travel to the Kazakh capital of Astana within a few days," he said.
Last month, the foreign ministers of Iran and Kazakhstan discussed ways to promote economic, political, and cultural cooperation between the two countries.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Kazakh counterpart Kairat Abdrakhmanov discussed plans for the expansion of banking ties between Tehran and Astana, closer scientific and technological cooperation, joint efforts in tackling dust pollution, and cooperation in the transportation industry.
