Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will travel to Niger for a two-day visit, his first to the world's fourth uranium producer, the government in Niamey said on Saturday.

"The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will come for a two-day visit in our country beginning on Monday," according to a government statement.

President Ahmadinejad, who is also the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), will as well travel to Ghana for a two-day official visit next week.

“President Ahmadinejad will arrive in Ghana on Tuesday April 16, 2013 to hold discussions with President John Mahama on strengthening the NAM and also co-chair a bilateral meeting between the two countries,” Minister for Information and Media Relations, Mahama Ayariga said in a statement.

President Ahmadinejad will leave Accra on Wednesday April 17, 2013.