President Raeisi heads for Central Asia
Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi on Wednesday started a tour of Central Asia that will take him to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
According to Tasnim news agency, President Raeisi is visiting Dushanbe at the invitation of his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon.
Heading a high-ranking political and economic delegation, Raeisi is going to sign a number of bilateral agreements during his stay in Tajikistan.
The Iranian president will later travel to Uzbekistan to take part in the 16th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Tashkent.
Speaking to reporters before leaving Tehran, President Raeisi said the promotion of close relations with neighboring, Muslim and like-minded countries, such as the Central Asian states, constitutes a pillar of his administration’s foreign policy.
Commenting on the plans for the visit to Dushanbe and his speech at the upcoming ECO summit and the meetings on the sidelines of the event in Tashkent, Raeisi said “The most important subject I need to raise in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will be the issue of Gaza. The issue of Palestine has today attracted attention in the Muslim world and the world of humanity. People all over the globe seriously abhor the Zionist regime and its crimes against humanity.”
At least 10,328 Palestinians have been massacred in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7 when Hamas fighters launched Operation Al-Aqsa Strom against the Occupied Territories in response to decades of violence against Palestinians by the Zionist regime.
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