DHAKA: In a first for the Gulf Cooperation Council states, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani will be visiting the Sultanate of Oman on Wednesday, according to Iranian Students News Agency, Isna.

He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation.

The Iranian president is expected to witness the signing of several important agreements between the two countries, including the construction of a causeway that will for the first time connect Iran and the GCC by land, over the strait of Hormouz.

Iranian ambassador Ali Akbar Sibeveih said the plan aims to boost ties between the two countries,

Rouhani will discuss ‘means of strengthening bilateral relations’ as well as ‘security and stability’ in the region, Tehran’s ambassador in Muscat, Sibeveih said on Monday.

He will also discuss the ‘Syrian crisis and ways of peacefully resolving it’, he added.

The ambassador said that the causeway would be a symbol of ‘peace and friendship between Iran and Oman, other GCC countries and Yemen,’ according to Al Watan daily newspaper.

He said that the bridge would further help in strengthening relations between Iran and Oman, reports gulfnews.com.

BDST: 2020 HRS, MAR 10, 2014