Members of Russia’s State Duma (lower house of parliament) are determined to develop both business ties and political cooperation with Iran through the parliamentary dimension thus contributing to the implementation of the relevant agreements reached by the two countries’ presidents, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin told Iran’s television.
The speaker arrived in Tehran for an official visit on Monday, during which he will meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Speaker of Iran’s Majlis (parliament) Ali Larijani and open a plenary meeting of the Russian-Iranian Business Forum. That will be Volodin’s fifth meeting with his Iranian counterpart over the past year and a half. The two politicians earlier held substantive conversations on numerous occasions, including at international parliamentary forums on combating terrorism and the drug threat.
“Thanks to our presidents’ efforts, cooperation between our countries is developing in many areas,” Volodin said commenting on the key objectives of his visit to Tehran. “For us, this is a priority in the work of the parliaments – to make sure that we can create conditions for the development of our business and trade relations through the parliamentary dimension,” he explained. In addition to promoting business projects, parliamentarians “are doing a lot to strengthen political relations between Russia and Iran,” the speaker stressed.