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Iran, Afghanistan sign six cooperation agreements

Iran Materials 14 August 2007 16:27 (UTC +04:00)

( Irna ) - Six bilateral cooperation agreements were signed here Tuesday by the visiting President of Iran mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai.

The documents were inked in the fields of road building, fighting against drugs smuggling and anti-terrorism campaign as well as scientific and research cooperation in the field of mining.

The two presidents attended a joint press conference after the document signing ceremony.

President Ahmadinejad arrived in Afghanistan Tuesday morning on the first leg of his three-nation tour of Central Asia which would later take him to Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan.

His visit to Afghanistan is the second made by an Iranian president after his predecessor Mohammad Khatami's visit to the country in August 2002.

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