Azerbaijan, Baku, March 28 /Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will be visiting Tajikistan to participate in the 11-th Asian Cooperation Dialogue meeting, ISNA reported.
The Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) is a body created in 2002 to promote Asian cooperation at a continental level and to help integrate separate regional cooperation organizations such as ASEAN, SAARC and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Iran became an official member of the ACD back in 2004. In 2009 the country became its organization's chairman. Currently, Tajikistan is the chairman country of the ACD.
Upon arrival in Tajikistan, Salehi will be meeting with Iranian society members of the country, and later hold official meetings as well.
Currently, the ACD includes the following country-members: Iran, Thailand, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, Cambodia, Brunei, Mongolia, Bhutan (the Kingdom of Bhutan), India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, UAE and Bahrain.