Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Malaysia to brief leaders in this southeast Asian country over Iran's nuke disputes, local media in Kuala Lumpur reported Tuesday.

Ahmadinejad is expected to meet Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi within the next two months, and officials from the two countries are now working out a date for his visit, according to the reports of The Star.

This will be the first meeting between Ahmadinejad, who was elected president last June, and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Iran dispatched its Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Mostafavi here last week to explain the nuclear issue to Malaysia, ahead of the International Atomic Energy Agency's emergency meeting to decide whether to refer Iran to the United Nations Security Council over the dispute.

Iranian Embassy charge d'affaires Ahmad Masoumifar said Ahmadinejad would also stress on Iran's solidarity with Malaysia and the Islamic world during his visit.

"This will be an important trip for our president as besides clearing the air over the nuclear issue, President Ahmadinejad wants to strengthen bilateral relations with Malaysia, " Ahmad Masoumifar was quoted as saying by The Star.

The Iranian president will also discuss the Palestinian situation, the Iraq conflict and overall security in the Middle East with the Malaysian prime minister, Ahmad Masoumifar said.

Ahmad Masoumifar insisted that Iran's nuclear program was solely for civilian energy production, adding that conducting uranium-enriching activity for the purpose of developing nuclear weapons was "difficult."

Source: Xinhua