Iranian President Begins Visit To China

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (file photo)

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in China on February 14 for a three-day visit, flanked by a large delegation that includes his central bank chief and ministers for trade, the economy, and oil. Raisi will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in the capital Beijing, with the pair expected to sign a number of "cooperation documents," Tehran has said. Both presidents met for the first time last September in Uzbekistan at a summit for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, where the Iranian president called for expanded ties. To read the original story from AFP, click here.