President Ahmadinejad to visit Tajikistan on Sunday

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Saturday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to pay an official visit to Tajikistan on Sunday.
The visit would take place upon official invitation of his Tajik counterpart Emomalii Rahmon, he said.

During the upcoming visit, the Iranian president is scheduled to inaugurate Sangtudeh-2 power plant project, Mehmanparast said.

The jointly implemented power plant can help various industrial, agricultural and energy projects, he underlined.

The visit will leave very positive impacts on expansion of relations between the two countries, he pointed out.

Given cultural, religious and historical commonalities, the two presidents will discuss expansion of mutual relations as well as regional and global developments, he said.

The current level of trade exchange between Iran and Tajikistan stands at dlrs 200 million which should be increased in the future, Mehmanparast said.