Iran’s Araqchi, Bulgarian official review ways to broaden ties

Tehran, Jan 31, IRNA – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi held talks on Thursday with Vice-President of Bulgaria’s National Assembly Veselin Mareshki on international and regional developments and ways to widen bilateral relations. Sofia is the third leg of Araqchi’s visit to three European countries in line with Iran’s political consultations with the states. First, he travelled to Austria on January 28 and met with top Austrian officials and Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which has headquarters in Vienna. Then, Araqchi left for Bratislava where he negotiated with the Slovakian officials on the special purpose vehicle (SPV) for trade with Iran. Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish