Chairman of the State Duma met with President of Iran
Vyacheslav Volodin and Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi discussed issues of development of inter-parliamentary relations between the two states and new formats of cooperation
On January 20, the Chairman
of the State Duma Vyacheslav 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)
held a meeting with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi.
“I hope that your visit will give impetus to further development of relations within the parliamentary dimension,” said Vyacheslav Volodin.
“We should do everything to provide legislative support for those decisions reached between our President Vladimir Putin and you,” stressed the Chairman of the State Duma.
He noted the ongoing development of cooperation between the parliaments of the Russian Federation and Iran. “We are finding new forms of cooperation. We plan to hold a meeting of high-level inter-parliamentary commission in the near future,” said Vyacheslav Volodin.
“Such format of cooperation provides an opportunity to discuss specific issues, take advantage of parliamentary opportunities to address issues, and definitely that will help to improve our cooperation. Citizens of our countries will definitely benefit from this,” he stressed.
Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi said that it was a great honor and pleasure for him to visit the State Duma.
Later Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi also addressed members of the State Duma at the plenary meeting.
