TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani is slated to visit Austria in the near future in a bid to boost bilateral relations between the two countries, the Austrian ambassador to Tehran said on Tuesday.   

The Austrian foreign minister has decided to dispatch one of his deputies to the Islamic Republic to make arrangements for Rouhani’s upcoming visit, Stefan Scholz said in a meeting with head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce Gholam Hossein Shafei in Tehran.

The Rouhani administration has been keen to expand economic cooperation with European countries, including Austria.

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