In an official message, forwarded on Tuesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Julius Maada Bio for being elected as the President of Sierra Leone.
“I am confident that in your Excellency’s term of office, relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Sierra Leone will further develop,” Rouhani said.
President Hassan Rouhani's message is as follows:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful,
Your Excellency Mr. Julius Maada Bio,
President of Sierra Leone,
I offer my sincere congratulations on your election as the President of Sierra Leone.
I hope that with your election, relations between the two countries in various political, economic and cultural fields further develop.
I pray to the Almighty for your Excellency’s health and success, and the people of the Republic of Sierra Leone's prosperity and felicity.
Hassan Rouhani
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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