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TEHRAN, Sept 5 (KUNA) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Tehran
on Sunday for Qatar to confer with the country's Emir on ways to expand
Tehran-Doha cooperation.
Prior to leaving Tehran, President Ahmadinejad said that his visit to Qatar
aims to exchange views with Qatari leaders on international and regional
developments.
The Islamic Republic of Iran and Qatar as two neighboring states enjoy
profound and amicable ties as the two governments have adopted identical
stands toward the regional and global developments, he said.
Ahmadinejad said that the two countries have jointly implemented many
significant regional and international projects and are to continue with such
cooperation in various fields such as energy, transport and commerce.
Other issues to be discussed in the meeting would be current development
sin the Persian Gulf region, recent devastating floods in Pakistan as well as
issues pertaining to the Muslim World and Palestine in particular, said
President Ahmadinejad.
The Iranian president is also to attend an Iftar banquet hosted by Qatari
Emir in his honor.
Iran and Qatar have recently inked an agreement on expansion of judiciary
cooperation and plan coordination against organized crime.(end)
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