TEHRAN -- There were some countries who set the fire of terrorism ablaze in the region with democratic slogans, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday in a meeting with the visiting Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, IRIB reported.

The Bulgarian prime minister, for his part, appreciated his chance to travel to Iran, saying, "It was the first time that all media unanimously stressed that the trip to Iran was going to be a historic one, which shows the level of public expectations in Bulgaria from this trip and its outcomes."

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