Wednesday, June 15 2022 17:12

ArmInfo.At the invitation of President of the Majles of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, RA NA President Alen Simonyan is in Iran on  an official visit.  According to the press service of the RA  Parliament, on June 15, the delegation led by Alen Simonyan met with  the President of the IRI Majles.

Thanking the President of the Majles for the meeting and the  acquaintance, the RA NA President noted that it is his first visit to  the Islamic Republic of Iran, adding that the mutual visits will be  continuous. He invited his colleague to Yerevan on a mutual visit.

The NA President Alen Simonyan told his counterpart that in December  of the previous year there were effective discussions with the  Iran-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group of the IRI Majles hosted  in Yerevan, and their continuous character are considered to be an  important basis for the implementation of the joint programmes of the  two parliaments. In this context Alen Simonyan mentioned the meeting  of the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective  Security Treaty Organization (CSTO PA) held in Yerevan recently,  where the parliamentary delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran  also took part. He noted that after the meeting the parliamentarians  of Iran had meetings in the National Assembly, and an opportunity was  given to discuss issues regarding the bilateral agenda.

The President of the Majles of Iran welcomed the visit of the  delegation led by the RA NA President, noting that the agenda items  of today's private talk should be at the focus of Armenia-Iran  inter-parliamentary relations. According to him, there is a lot of  work jointly to do at the parliamentary level, including the boosting  of the economic ties, the development of legislative cooperation, as  well as the creation and improvement of transport infrastructures. As  he assessed, the parliaments should support the processes of the  opening of Iran-Armenia railway and highways and creation of  infrastructures.

Touching upon the negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan,  Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf informed about his position, underlining the  preservation of the territorial integrity of the two countries and  the establishment of lasting peace.

At the end of the meeting Alen Simonyan invited his counterpart to  Armenia on an official visit.

After the bilateral meeting followed the press conference of the  heads of the parliaments of the two countries.

During the press conference with the President of the Majles of Iran  Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf the NA President noted in particular:

"During our discussions with the President of the Majles Ghalibaf in  the atmosphere of friendship and mutual trust we expressed our  satisfaction about the high level of the Armenian-Iranian relations  and the inter-parliamentary close ties. We have underscored that our  partnership is based on the friendship and neighbourhood of the  millennia, we both expressed readiness for deepening our partnership  in all directions.

We discussed in detail the regional developments. Naturally, I  touched upon the Azerbaijani-Turkish last aggression and its  consequences against Nagorno Karabakh.

I have noted that numerous humanitarian problems have remained after  the war, particularly, the return of prisoners of war, the  preservation of the Armenian historical- cultural and spiritual  values on the territories passed under the control of Azerbaijan.

The encroachments of Azerbaijan towards the sovereign territory of  Armenia endanger our efforts aimed at the stability and security of  the region. In this respect we highly appreciate the position of Iran  on the territorial integrity and the inviolability of the borders.

Certainly, the important themes of our today's meeting were also the  last challenges of the transport transit and the ways of their  overcoming. Distinguished Mr President, we have also spoken about  continuing our economic joint programmes and reaching them to an end.

I would like to note once again, as Mr President also assured the  political leaderships are resolute to fully develop our partnership  relations and deepen them.

I am again thankful for the invitation, dear Mr President, and I will  gladly wait for you in Yerevan. Thank you," Alen Simonyan concluded  his speech.