Bloomberg -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad headed today for a two-day visit to Zimbabwe and Uganda to improve ties with the two African countries, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
Ahmadinejad will meet with his counterpart Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, and hold talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, state television reported without elaborating.
Uganda is a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
Iran is entangled in a conflict with the U.S. and its allies which accuse it of seeking to develop atomic weapons using its nuclear program as a cover. The U.S. is trying to rally support for a fourth round of UN sanctions against Iran, which says its nuclear program is purely civilian.