Iran’s Raisi to Travel to Qatar Thursday for Gas Forum, IRNA Says
- Trip will be Raisi’s first to Gulf Arab neighbor as president
- Iranian leader plans to attend major gas summit in Doha
Ebrahim Raisi
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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi plans to visit Qatar on Monday, people familiar with the matter said, his first foreign trip to a Gulf Arab neighbor since he took power in August.
State-run Islamic Republic News Agency had originally reported that Raisi would visit on Thursday. But people familiar with his itinerary said he would go Monday to attend the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in the Qatari capital, Doha.