Tehran (AFP) — Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders is in Tehran for talks with Iranian leaders, media reports said Sunday, the latest in a string of high-profile visits from the European Union.
Reynders met with President Hassan Rouhani, though no details of the meeting were immediately available, and was to hold a joint press conference with his counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif scheduled for later on Sunday, reports said.
Reynders is the third foreign minister from the European Union to visit Iran in the past two months, following in the footsteps of Italy's Emma Bonino and Sweden's Carl Bildt.
The visits came after Iran and the world powers struck an historic interim nuclear deal in November, and after Rouhani, who took office in August, pledged to repair strained relations with the West.
