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IRAN: MUGABE IN TEHRAN November 20, 2006
Zainab Osman
(SomaliNet) Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, heading a senior political-economic delegation, arrived in Tehran Sunday night for an official visit to review issues of mutual interest with senior Iranian officials.
Minister of Cooperatives Mohammad Abbasi welcomed President Mugabe at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport. The Zimbabwean president was officially welcomed by his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at the Presidential Office.
During his stay in Tehran, President Mugabe is to hold talks with President Ahmadinejad and other senior officials of the country including Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.
Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Minister of Energy and Power Development Michael Nyambuya and Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made are in the delegation accompanying President Mugabe.