Viacheslav Volodin will hold the first session of the Commission on Cooperation between the State Duma and the Iranian Majlis

The session will take place today in Volgograd. Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and Chairman of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Larijani will conduct the first session
Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and Chairman of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Larijani
Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin and Chairman of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Larijani

The Commission is designed to promote the expansion and deepening of bilateral cooperation between Russia and Iran. The decision to create such Commission was made during the official visit of the delegation of the State Duma led by Viacheslav Volodin Volodin Vyacheslav Victorovich Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
to Iran on 9 April 2018. The Commission's regulation provides for regular parliamentary consultations on issues of mutual interest, including in such areas as energy, transport, industry, science, education, technology exchange, tourism, and security issues.

The Commission consists of, among others, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Neverov Neverov Sergey Ivanovich Neverov
Sergey Ivanovich
, chairmen of profile committees, Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutskiy Slutsky Leonid Eduardovich Slutsky
Leonid Eduardovich
, Committee on Financial Market Anatolii Aksakov Aksakov Anatoly Gennadievich Aksakov
Anatoly Gennadievich
, Committee on Energy Pavel Zavalnyi Zavalny Pavel Nikolaevich Zavalny
Pavel Nikolaevich
, Committee on Transport and Construction Evgenii Moskvichev, Committee on Agrarian Issues Vladimir Kashin Kashin Vladimir Ivanovich Kashin
Vladimir Ivanovich
, Committee on Economic Policy, Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship Sergei Zhigarev Zhigarev Sergei Aleksandroviсh Zhigarev
Sergei Aleksandroviсh
, as well as coordinator of the deputy group on relations with the Iranian parliament Gennadii Skliar Sklyar Gennady Ivanovich Sklyar
Gennady Ivanovich
.

The parliamentarians of the two countries will work out mechanisms for cooperation at the level of the Commission and relevant committees and outline a plan for work on the unification of national legislation within the framework of deepening bilateral cooperation.

Within the framework of the parliamentary consultations, Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin will meet Ali Larijani, the Chairman of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The parties are planning to discuss issues of inter-parliamentary cooperation on various platforms in relation to regional security issues, fighting terrorism and drug trafficking, as well as interregional economic interaction.