09/02/2011 10:39
Ahmadinejad invites Aliyev to Iran
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has invited his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, to celebrate the Novruz spring holiday in Iran, news.az reports.
The Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mohammad Baqer Bahrami, told journalists about the invitation on Tuesday.
He said that President Aliyev was one of several leaders invited to attend Novruz celebrations in Iran.
The envoy said that Azerbaijan and Iran were linked by centuries of friendship and fraternity.
"Azerbaijan and Iran are developing their relations in all spheres and we hope these relations will further develop and deepen," the ambassador said.