FM: Iran Ready To Expand Ties with Guinea-Bissau

Tehran, April 29, IRNA – Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi underlined Iranˈs willingness to expand ties with the African states, specially with friendly and brother countries like Guinea-Bissau. Salehi made the remarks in a meeting with the Guinea-Bissauˈs Foreign Minister Faustino Fudut Imbali here in Tehran on Sunday. ˈFrom the point of view of Islamic Republic of Iran relations with African states is special and ties with friendly and brotherly countries like Guinea-Bissau are more specific,ˈ he added. The foreign minister of Guinea-Bissau, for his part, called for benefiting from Iranˈs experiences, and said, ˈGuinea-Bissau deems as important mutual cooperation with Iran in mining, health, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, development and energy./end