The Iranian Minister of Information and Communication Technology Seyed Sattar Hashemi arrived in the Kazakhstan city of Almaty on Thursday as part of entourage of the First Vice President Mohammadreza Aref.
Aref is heading a high-ranking
delegation including ICT minister Hashemi at the official invitation of the
Kazakh Prime Minister Oljas Bektenov to attend the Eurasian Economic Union
(EAEU) Prime Ministers' meeting and 2025 Almaty Digital Forum.
He was welcomed upon arrival at
Almaty International Airport by the deputy prime minister of Kazakhstan.
Aref is scheduled to meet EAEU member states delegations as well as to attend
a meeting with businessmen in Kazakhstan during the two-day visit to Almaty.
Hashemi, the only Iranian minister
accompanying Aref, is also going to hold a bilateral meeting with his Kazakh
counterpart on the sidelines of the EAEU conference and the Almaty 2025 Digital
Forum.