Iran's President To Attend Norouz Festival In Dushanbe

Dushanbe, March 17, IRNA – Iran's Ambassador to Tajikistan, Ali Asghar Shardoust elaborated on the details of a three-day visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Tajikistan to attend the International Norouz Festival there. Shardoust made the remarks in meeting with Iranian representative offices in Tajikistan on Thursday. "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be in Tajikistan on March 24–26 and he will deliver speeches at the International Norouz Festival there and also at the Fifth Economic Forum on Afghanistan to be attended by 40 foreign ministers and a large number of heads of foreign representative offices and international institutes in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe," he added. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, Energy Minister Majid Namjou, Roads and Housing Minister Ali Nikzad, Health Minister Marzieh Dastjerdi and Science an Higher Education Minister Kamran Daneshjou will be accompanying President Ahmadinejad in his visit to Tajikistan, the envoy noted. "The President will inaugurate the newly-established Iran's House, while paying a visit to the pending projects such as wrestling gymnasium and Iranians School," Shardoust added./end