Rafsanjani visits Malaysia

Rafsanjani visits Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Iranian President Ali Akhbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani arrived here yesterday for a three-day official visit
to boost bilateral diplomatic and economic ties, officials said.

Rafsanjani, accompanied by his wife Effat Hashemi Bahramani
and a 100-member delegation, is on the last leg of his week-long
three-nation tour which had taken him to Indonesia and Brunei.

They were received on arrival at the airport by Malaysian
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his wife Siti Hasmah Mohamed
Ali.

Rafsanjani is scheduled to hold talks with Mahathir on the
business opportunities in Tehran, especially in the field of oil
and gas and food, agriculture and manufacturing, officials said.

Mahathir visited Iran in April last year on Rafsanjani's
invitation.