Kenyan Airline to Fly Directly to Tehran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Kenya's Foreign Minister said his country and Iran will sign a contract allowing a Kenyan airline to start direct flights to Tehran.
The comment came as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to leave for Kenya on Tuesday for a two-day visit.
Bloomberg quoted Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula as saying that President Ahmadinejad will sign the deal enabling Kenyan Airways Ltd. to introduce direct flights to the Iranian capital.
Talking to reporters in Nairobi, Wetangula said that the two states will expand their cooperation in the fields of trade, water, health and issues affecting firms that work in both countries during Ahmadinejad's trip, press tv reported.
"Kenya has very strong ties with Iran. They are our key market for tea and we expect to further this by signing several bilateral agreements during President Ahmadinejad's visit to Kenya," Wetangula said.
Iran exports industrial oils, carpets and chemicals to Kenya and imports Kenyan tea. Iran already has a factory assembling tractors in Uganda, and it hopes to build a similar one in Kenya.
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