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Iran's President arrives in Bamako

Bamako, July 7, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation, arrived in Bamako, capital of Mali, on Tuesday.

Ahmadinejad, who is heading to Nigeria to attend Eight Developing Nations Summit (D 8) arrived in Bamako for a one-day visit to review issues of mutual interest with senior officials of this African state.

President Ahmadinejad is to proceed to Nigeria at the end of his one-day visit to Mali to attend and deliver a speech at the D-8 summit in that west African country.

Member countries of D-8 include Iran, Pakistan, Nigeria, Turkey, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Egypt and Malaysia.

Promotion of cooperation in the fields of transportation, tourism, energy, banking, development and creating joint financial institute, immigrant labors, science and technology, investment among member countries and road map for economic cooperation between member states are on the D-8 summit agenda./end

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