Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Bolivia for a brief visit yesterday, beforecontinuing on to Brazil for the UN summit on sustainable development. Ahmadinejad arrived at the El Alto airport in La Paz, where he was greeted by President Evo Morales, and the two leaders immediately departed for the Quemado presidential palace, according to an official statement. Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said the leaders would formalise an accord on increasing co-operation between the two nations, which the Iranian embassy in La Paz described as “entering a new stage.”