Iran says Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will be paying an official visit to Libya upon the invitation of the Chairman of the NTC.

Iran says Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will be paying an official visit to Libya upon the invitation of the Chairman of the National Transitional Council (NTC).

“The Foreign Minister will soon travel to Libya on the invitation of NTC chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil to discuss various issues with the country's officials,” foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told IRNA on Wednesday.

“We believe that due to the common interests of the two nations, the foreign minister's visit can be a beginning for new mutual cooperation,” he added.

During his stay in Libya, Salehi is expected to discuss the fate of Lebanese cleric Imam Sayyed Mousa Sadr with the country's new rulers.

Iran stepped up diplomatic efforts to clarify the fate of Sayyed Moussa following the fall of Gaddafi.

The Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee set up a sub-committee, headed by Javad Karim Qoddousi, to investigate Sadr's fate.

Qoddousi announced last Sunday that the sub-committee would officially travel to Libya after normalcy is restored in the country to follow on the missing cleric's case.