DELEGATION OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENT VISITS BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (October 11,2007) – Parliamentary delegation from Iran, lead by the Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, is visiting Bosnia.

During the two-day visit, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Gholam Ali Haddad Adel and his associate will meet the representatives of the Bosnian legislative and executive authorities.

Their first official meeting took place yesterday with the members of the Bosnian Parliament’s House of Peoples’ Collegium.

It is necessary to advance economic cooperation and interparliamentary relations between Bosnia and Iran. Contacts at all levels of authority will benefit the improvement of relations in the sector. This was the conclusion of the first working session held yesterday in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo between the Bosnian Parliament’s House of Peoples Speaker Ilija Filipovic and the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Gholam Ali Haddad Adel.

As stated, economic cooperation should be accompanied by the good relations between the two countries and should offer possibilities to Iranian business delegations to get acquainted with the Bosnian economic situation. In that sense, Bosnian companies should come back to the Iranian market.

Speaker Filipovic expressed pleasure over the visit of Iranian parliamentary delegation. He said that forming the parliamentary groups of friendship will contribute the improvement of relations between the two countries.