Azerbaijani officials attend farewell ceremony for late Iranian president

Azerbaijani delegation led by Prime Minister Ali Asadov participated in the official farewell ceremony for Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other Iranian officials who were tragically killed in a plane crash.

PM Asadov met with Mohammad Mokhber, First Vice President, Acting President of Iran and offered him condolences on behalf of the President, government and the people of Azerbaijan, Cabinet of Ministers told Caliber.Az.

The Azerbaijani delegation included Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, as well as members of the Milli Majlis working group on Azerbaijani-Iranian interparliamentary relations Aziz Alakbarov, Javanshir Pashazade, Jabi Guliyev and other officials.

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Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov has embarked on a visit to Iran.

A delegation led by the Prime Minister are already in Tehran, the Cabinet of Ministers told Caliber.Az.

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Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov and Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov will participate in the official farewell ceremony for Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other Iranian officials who were tragically killed in a plane crash.

This information was reported to Caliber.Az by the press service of the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers.

Raisi was returning from the inauguration ceremony of a dam on the Iran-Azerbaijan border on May 19 when the crash took place.

The crash also resulted in the deaths of Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, as well as that of Malik Rahmeti, the governor of East Azerbaijan province, and Imam Ayatollah Ali Hashim of Tabriz province.

Mohammad Mokhber, Iran's first vice president, was appointed acting president after Raisi's death.