Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Ghashghavi, currently on a visit to Ashgabat for the 11th session of Iran-Turkmenistan Joint Consular and Border Cooperation Commission, maintained that on the sidelines of the meeting a protocol on the transfer of sentenced persons between the two countries was signed and President Rouhani’s imminent visit to Ashgabat would finalize the agreement.
It is also predicted that Rouhani’s trip to Turkmenistan will be due to his attendance at the 6th International Nowruz Festival, an international event on the occasion of the Persian New Year. Last year’s Nowruz Festival took place in Kabul, but so far the host for the coming Persian New Year has not been determined yet.
Nowruz coincides with the astronomical Vernal Equinox Day or the first day of spring. The International Day of Nowruz was registered on the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on February 23, 2010, and the festivities are now celebrated in many countries as far as the US and Canada.
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