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's foreign minister has met with his Japanese counterpart in and the two discussed de-escalation of tensions in the region, Iranian news agencies reported.

An ISNA news agency report Sunday said Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi discussed bilateral, regional, and international issues with .

The two-day visit is the first by a Japanese official since became Iran's new president and the first since the visited Iran in 2019. ISNA said Motegi is in Tehran at the official invitation of Zarif.

The report said Motegi will meet with other Iranian officials, including Raisi and his nominated foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian. Motegi was to meet with other high-ranking officials during his two-day visit also.

Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported Saturday that Motegi’s visit to Tehran is aimed at boosting bilateral relations with Iran and furthering diplomatic efforts regarding de-escalation and stabilisation in the Middle East.

In 2019, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as an interlocutor for former US President Donald Trump, hoping to ease tensions between Washington and Tehran. But did not consider Trump worthy of an exchange of messages.

Recently, Japan donated some three million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Iran, which has suffered the worst outbreak in the Middle East.