Publish Date: 18 November 2015 - 20:44

TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – International Advisor to Parliament Speaker has said a British parliamentary delegation will pay visit to Tehran beginning the upcoming week.

Hossein Sheikholeslam told Iran’s state TV broadcaster IRIB that among British delegation coming to Tehran Crispin Blunt, head of UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee will lead the delegation.

“The visit will promote inter-parliamentary cooperation; the visit is by an official invitation by Mr. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission and Mr. Blunt will have meetings with Parliamentarians from the Commission during 3-day visit to Tehran, including also Ali Akbar Velayati and Kamal Kharrazi, two former Iranian foreign ministers,” he told IRIB.

 

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