Iran Press/ Asia: On Friday, Ebrahim Raisi met and talked with the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, on the sidelines of the 22nd Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states, which is being held in the city of Samarkand city of Uzbekistan.
This is the second Raisi visit to the Shanghai Summit.
Raisi, who has traveled to Samarkand on the official invitation of his Uzbek counterpart, started his three-day trip on Wednesday, September 14: "On the first day of the trip, and after bilateral meetings between Tehran and Tashkent, 17 cooperation documents were signed between the two countries."
On the first day, Iran's membership documents in the Shanghai Organization were signed by Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
On the second day of this trip, Raisi met and talked with the Presidents of Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and listed neighborhood and regional development relations as the fundamental policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Meeting with Iranian businessmen in Uzbekistan, attending prayers at the Samarkand mosque, and planting memorial saplings were other plans of the president on the second day of the trip.
The President of Iran has several meetings today, and after attending the Summit, he will leave Tashkent for Tehran.
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