Officials stress progress in Iran-France ties

Iranian and a French parliamentarian have stressed the significance of further progress in the relations between Tehran and Paris.

According to the reports, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, who is the chairman of the Parliament (Majlis)’s Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, and Gérard Larcher, the president of France’s Senate met in Paris on Tuesday, discussing relations between their respective countries.

They also talked about regional issues, including the crisis in Syria, the developments in Iraq, the situation in Yemen, Lebanon’s efforts to elect a new president, and the region’s fight against terrorism.

The Iranian parliamentarian also asked Paris to take a constructive and serious stance against the bombardment of Yemen by Saudi Arabia and Riyadh’s attacks on civilian facilities.

Boroujerdi also brought up the developments in the bilateral ties over the past year, especially the trip made by President Hassan Rouhani to France, which featured the inking of documents of cooperation, calling the visit a launch pad for better mutual relations in the future and urging the implementation of the cooperation agreements.

President Rouhani traveled to France in January, signing cooperation several memoranda of understanding on cooperation in various sectors, including telecommunications, environment, tourism, agriculture, higher education, and transportation.

He made the trip following the implementation of a nuclear agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in the same month.

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