Upon arrival in Tehran Mehrabad Airport, First Vice-President Parviz Davoodi and a number of state and military officials welcomed the president.



Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, Energy Minister Parviz Fattah, Vice-President and Head of the Cultural Heritage,

Handicrafts and Tourism Organization Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, Senior Presidential Advisor Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi and Majlis deputies Hamid-Reza Haji-Babaie and Assadollah Badamchian accompanied the president in his Tajikistan visit.



On the sidelines of the 8th SCO Summit, President Ahmadinejad met and conferred with a number of his counterparts, including Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, on expansion of bilateral relations and on regional and international events.

Tehran, Aug 29, IRNA