Ahmadinejad trip to Libya called off

Tehran, July 01: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cancelled a planned visit to Libya where he was due to address an African Union summit.

“The president’s visit to the summit that was supposed to start on Wednesday has been cancelled,” Reuters quoted a presidential office spokesman as saying.

No reason has been given for the decision.

Iran’s president had plans to pay a visit to Libya on Wednesday to address the summit of African leaders, which is set to discuss agricultural investment in Africa.

—–Agencies