Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 2
By Umid Niayesh -- Trend:
Heading a delegation of about 200 people Austrian President Heinz Fischer will pay an official visit to Iran, the press office of Iranian embassy to Vienna told Trend Sept. 2.
Fischer, who is the first European president to visit Tehran after the conclusion the nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and the six world powers, will arrive in Tehran on Sept. 7 for a three-day state visit. His trip to Tehran comes 11 years after former President Thomas Klestil traveled to Tehran.
The Austrian delegation will consist of political, economic, trade, scholarly, cultural, and media representatives, according to the Iranian embassy.
Fischer will meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani and a number of other high-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic.
The Austrian president will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz, Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner, heads of the Chamber of Commerce, and a number of universities, economic companies, etc.
The lesser officials from both countries will also hold bilateral meetings during the Austrian delegation's visit to Iran.
Tehran and Vienna witnessed improvement in relations, especially in political, economic, and cultural arenas, after the latest Iranian presidential elections and especially during the nuclear negotiations.
Vienna was host to diplomats and experts from Iran and the group P5+1 (the US, UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany) as well as the European Union during long and intense nuclear negotiations that led to a deal on July 14.
The Iranian embassy to Vienna believes that the future of the bilateral ties between Tehran and Vienna is vivid considering the various grounds for cooperation in the issues of mutual interest as well as regional and global topics.
Edited by CN