Iranian President Hassan Rouhani may visit Azerbaijan by the end of 2016, Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pak Ayeen told reporters on Thursday.

“Given close friendly relations between Iran and Azerbaijan, I think the Iranian president may pay a visit to Azerbaijan by the end of this year,” the ambassador said.

He also added that an Iranian delegation is expected to visit Azerbaijan next week on the occasion of the construction of a pharmaceutical plant in the Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park.

“At the first stage, needed medicines will be brought to Azerbaijan from Iran. At the second stage, the technology for the production of medicines will be brought to Azerbaijan. At the third stage, those medicines will be produced in Azerbaijan. The period between the first and second stages can make 4-5 years,” the ambassador said.