Staff Writer
During a visit by Iran to the East African nation on Wednesday, President William Ruto of Kenya and President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran inked a number of economic deals.
Raisi called his trip to Kenya “a turning point in the development of relations between (the) two countries” as the two presidents agreed to fortify bilateral ties.
The five memoranda of agreement that were signed on Wednesday center on “cooperation in information, communication, and technology, fisheries, animal health, and livestock products, and investment promotion,” Ruto told reporters.
According to Ruto, Iran also intends to establish a “motor vehicle assembly plant” in Mombasa county.
The “common political views”
The trip marks the beginning of Raisi’s three-day tour to Africa. Later on Wednesday, he will travel from Kenya to Uganda before concluding his journey in Zimbabwe.
Nasser Kanani, a spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, expressed hope before the trip that the three-day journey to Africa could strengthen commercial and trade links with African nations.
In an effort to lessen its current isolation from the rest of the world, Iran is currently looking to strengthen diplomatic ties.
Without going into more detail, Kanani stated on Monday that Tehran and the African continent have “common political views.”
An Iranian president is visiting the continent for the first time in 11 years. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the last head of state to go there in 2013.
