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TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was seen off by Iran’s first Vice-President Parviz Dawoodi and left Tehran for Ankara on Sunday.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani discussed bilateral relations, latest international developments, and regional issues in Doha on Friday.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad officially welcomed his Gambian counterpart, Yahya Jammeh, at the Presidential Office on Saturday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian and Turkish presidents in a meeting here on Sunday stressed that the two countries’ trade exchanges should be increased to $10 bln.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Depriving developing countries of the nuclear technology is a defined strategy of the western states, said Iran’s Ambassador to Thailand on Saturday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini stressed that Iran would continue its nuclear activities within the international and Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) rules and regulations.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah is due to arrive in Tehran within the next few days.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Head of Russia’s Federal Atomic Energy Agency Sergei Kiriyenko is due to attend two rounds of talks with his Iranian counterpart Gholam Reza Aghazadeh during his visit to Tehran in the next two weeks.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini stressed that the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has not conveyed any message from the US during his recent visit to Tehran.

A day after NATO announced plans to invite Croatia to join it in 2008, the former Yugoslav republic’s EU hopes also received a boost. Speaking on Thursday (November 30th), EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said the country would likely enter the Union before 2010.