Malian president officially welcomes President Ahmadinejad

Bamako, July 7, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who arrived in Bamako on Tuesday, was officially welcomed by his Malian counterpart President Ahmadou Toumani Toure.

At the airport, President Ahmadinejad and the accompanying delegation were welcomed by Malian president, prime minister, cabinet members, military and civil officials as well as a number of foreign ambassadors in Bamako.

Holding negotiations and signing cooperation documents in political and economic fields are among programs of Ahmadinejad's one-day visit to Mali.

The president is to meet with Malian former President Alpha Omar Konare, who was former president of Africa Union, too.

He is scheduled to travel to the city of Toumboketou on Wednesday morning and visit scientific, cultural and Islamic Institute of Ahmad Baba as well as two mosques there.

The high-ranking Iranian delegation is to visit memorial monument of “ Peace Flame” in the city, too.

At the end of his one-day visit to Mali, President Ahmadinejad and accompanying delegation will proceed to Abuja, capital of Nigeria, to attend Eight Developing Nations Summit (D-8)./end