Foreign MPs Seek Closer Cooperation With Iran

Senior parliamentarians from Russia, China, Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan expressed their interest in working more closely with Iran on bilateral and regional issues during separate meetings with Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani in Tehran. 
The officials had traveled to the Iranian capital to attend the Second Speakers' Conference on Challenges of Terrorism and Inter-Regional Connectivity, which began on Friday and come to a close on Saturday.   
In a meeting with Larijani late on Friday, Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly Asad Qaiser described terrorism as the biggest hurdle in the path of economic development in the region.