Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Parliament is heading the delegation which is paying the first ever such visit to Mexico.
Gabriela Cuevas Barron, chairwoman of Senate Foreign Policy Commission and Sansors Sastry, chairman of Parliamentarian Friendship Group along with Iran’s Ambassador to Mexico Jalal Kalantary welcomed the delegation on Tuesday.
Upon arrival at the Mexican airport, Boroujerdi stated that the visit was in response to two previous visits by Mexican Parliament foreign policy chief and following his official invitation.
He also expressed delight over the first official visit by Iranian MPs after 35 years since the Islamic Revolution to one of leading countries in Latin America.
Boroujerdi also pointed to discussing ways to improve joint parliamentarian cooperation and expansion of bilateral ties as well as latest developments in the region and world as main topics on the agenda.
Chairwoman of Senate Foreign Policy Commission Gabriela Cuevas Barron, for her part, expressed satisfaction over the meeting.
“My trip to the Islamic republic of Iran changed my views toward this country and we believe that the Islamic Republic is a very important and influential country in the Middle East,” she stated.
Yazd MP Mohamamd Saleh Jokar and Fathullah Hosseini, Ghasr-e Shirin’s representative, have accompanied Boroujerdi on this trip.
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