Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has arrived in Sri Lanka on a visit aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries.
He's meeting President Ranil Wickremesinghe and inaugurating a multimilliondollar power plant built by an Iranian engineering company.
Ahead of this visit, Raisi spent three days in Pakistan as part of his tour of South Asia.

Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez has more from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

North Korea has sent a highlevel delegation to Iran.
The rare visit is prompting speculation of cooperation between the two nations on their weapons programmes.
Pyongyang and Tehran are known to have close ties and both are under international sanctions.

Al Jazeera’s Eunice Kim has more from Seoul, South Korea.

Abas Aslani is a senior research fellow with Centre for Middle East Strategic Studies.

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