Iran-Malaysia close ties help promote Muslim unity: Iranian Majlis speaker

TEHRAN, May 1 (MNA) - Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said that close cooperation between Iranian and Malaysian parliaments helps promote unity in the Muslim world. Larijani made the remarks during a meeting with Pandikar Amin Mulia, the speaker of the lower house of the parliament of Malaysia, on Monday on the sidelines of the second meeting of the General Assembly of the Forum of Asia-Pacific Parliamentarians for Education, which opened in Tehran on Monday and closes on May 1. During the meeting, Larijani said that the Iranian parliament supports every effort to strengthen ties with Malaysia in all spheres. Elsewhere in his remarks, he commented on the sanctions imposed on Iran over the allegation that it is seeking to produce nuclear weapons, saying that the enemies do not want the country to make progress in the fields of science and technology. The Malaysian parliament speaker stated that his country is keen to expand ties with Iran and use its experiences in various spheres.