During the meeting Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Chairman of Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy, noted the proper ground for boosting all-out cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan regarding the deep-rooted ties of the two countries.
“Bilateral ties of Tehran and Baku parliamnets and governments enjoys high level and should be used for further development of cooperation,” he said.
Boroujerdi also highlighted Iran’s unwavering support for Palestine noting the conference to be held in February 2017 in support of the suppressed nation in Iran.
Bunyad Huseynov, Azeri envoy, for his part, expressed his condolence and sympathy to the Iranian nation and government on death of a number of firefighters in Plasco building collapse.
“Azerbaijan welcomes the reinforcement and development of trade, economic and political ties with Iran,” he asserted, adding that the trade volume has increased by 45% during the last year.
Huseynov announced that Azeri President Ilham Aliyev would visit Iran in near future in a bid to boost ties.
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