By NNN-IRNA,
Tehran : Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left for Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday morning at the first leg of his three-nation tour to regional states which would later take him to Sri Lanka and India.
The president is accompanied by his senior advisor, Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi, Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Minister of Commerce Massoud Mir-Kazemi as well as a group of other senior officials.
During his two-day visit to Pakistan, the president would hold separate talks with his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf and the country’s Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
The two sides would discuss promotion of bilateral ties and cooperation, particularly in the field of energy.
They would also exchange views on major bilateral, regional and international developments.