President Khatami officially welcomed in Minsk
IRNA web site, Tehran
10 Sep 04
Minsk, 10 September: President Mohammad Khatami of Iran has been
officially welcomed by his Belarussian counterpart Alyaksandr
Lukashenka here Friday 10 September.
The ceremony, also attended by a number of high-ranking officials
from the two countries, started by playing the national anthems of
the two states followed by a review of the guard of honour by the
two presidents.
Presidents Khatami and Lukashenka began their private talks at the
end of the ceremony which is being held at the presidential palace.
The high-ranking Iranian and Belarussian delegations will start
their talks in the presence of the two presidents after they end
their private meeting.
It is expected that a number of new documents be signed during
the meeting of the Iranian and Belarussian delegations for further
cooperation in the fields of economy, agriculture and customs.
President Khatami arrived in Belarus Thursday evening and is scheduled
to deliver a speech for Belarussian academics and university professors
at the republic’s Academy of Sciences later on Friday.
The president is in Minsk on the second leg of his three-nation tour
to the regional countries which first took him to Armenia and will
also take him to Tajikistan at the end of his visit to Belarus.
His visit to the three nations takes place at the official invitations
of President Robert Kocharyan of Armenia, Alyaksandr Lukashenka of
Belarus and Emomali Rahmonov of Tajikistan.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress