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President Hassan Rouhani will visit Japan later this week, according to Iran's state media, marking the first trip to the country by an Iranian head of state in nearly 20 years.
Rouhani will arrive in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, on Friday, Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as saying on Monday.
Araghchi said the one-day visit will be "very intense" and that it comes as Iran faces maximum pressure from the United States and a wide array of plots to isolate it internationally, IRNA reported.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said a week ago his country was arranging the visit because it wanted to play a greater role in resolving a nuclear impasse between Tehran and Washington and in relieving tensions in the Middle East, the source of more than 80 percent of Japan's oil.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/iran-confirms-president-hassan-rouhani-visit-ally-japan-191216162035868.html
Rouhani will arrive in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, on Friday, Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as saying on Monday.
Araghchi said the one-day visit will be "very intense" and that it comes as Iran faces maximum pressure from the United States and a wide array of plots to isolate it internationally, IRNA reported.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said a week ago his country was arranging the visit because it wanted to play a greater role in resolving a nuclear impasse between Tehran and Washington and in relieving tensions in the Middle East, the source of more than 80 percent of Japan's oil.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/iran-confirms-president-hassan-rouhani-visit-ally-japan-191216162035868.html