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dipsydoodle

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Tue Jun 19, 2012, 05:36 AM Jun 2012

Iranian President to Visit Bolivia

La Paz, June 18 (Prensa Latina) Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to arrive to Bolivia on June 19 to meet with his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales before attending the summit on sustainable development Rio+20, in Brazil.

Ahmadinejad, who will leave Tehran on June 18, will stay breiefly in La Paz, where he will review bilateral relations with Morales, said Head of the Communication Department of the Foreign Ministry and Cult, Consuelo Ponce.

The Iranian president will stay two days in Brazil, where he will meet with other world leaders on the sidelines of the summit, according to a communiqué from the Iranian presidency made public by the Bolivian Foreign Ministry.

At the end of the Rio+20 Summit, Ahmadinejad is scheduled to visit Venezuela, where he will meet with President Hugo Chavez, who has travelled to Tehran on nine occasions, added the note.

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