In a message to South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday, President Hassan Rouhani congratulated him and the African nation and government on the occasion of Freedom Day, IRNA reported. Rouhani expressed satisfaction with the growing trend of bilateral relations and hoped for increased political, economic and cultural cooperation. Freedom Day is a South African public holiday celebrated on 27 April. It celebrates freedom and commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994.
