The delegation of the State
Duma Committee on Security and Corruption Control headed by Vasilii Piskarev
Piskarev
Vasily Ivanovich
during
the visit to Iran held a number of working meetings., Parliamentarians held
talks and had a detailed conversation in the Prosecutor-General's office of the Islamic
Republic of Iran with Attorney-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri.
During the visit the delegation also visited
the Iranian Ministry of Interior and was met by Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Interior of Iran Hossein
Zolfaghari.
The parties discussed at the meetings the possibility of exchanging experience and expanding cooperation on the modernization of legislation in accordance with the requirements of the 21st
century in order to provide an adequate response to new challenges and threats
that the modern world is facing.
On the same day, the members
of the Russian delegation visited the Drug Control Headquarters of the Islamic
Republic of Iran and held talks with the Secretary General the Drug Control
Headquarters Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni.
After the meeting the head
of the Russian parliamentary delegation Vasilii Piskarev told Iranian
journalists that he was satisfied with the outcome of the visit. During the meetings, parties reached full mutual understanding and demonstrated mutual willingness
to develop the inter-parliamentary cooperation. Vasilii Piskarev said that Iranian
colleagues were also invited to pay a reciprocal visit to Moscow. In particular, it is proposed to continue the discussion of measures to counter drug
proliferation.
“We should struggle it only
together,” Vasilii Piskarev stressed, “together with Iran, China, Turkey, Pakistan,
and Afghanistan. Only then we can achieve significant results in ensuring regional
security in the Middle East and ,as a result, in the suppression of international terrorism. Today we have taken another step towards our further
cooperation. I am grateful to our colleagues for a frank and very constructive
conversation.”
