Senior MP Calls Iran, Afghanistan "Members of Same Family"

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi pointed to Iran and Afghanistan's abundant commonalities, and urged further expansion of parliamentary relations between the two neighboring countries.
"In fact, Iran and Afghanistan, as two neighboring countries, are members of the same family and enjoy abundant commonalities," Boroujerdi said at a joint meeting of the heads of the Iranian and Afghan parliament commissions here in Tehran on Saturday

"The commonalities of Iran and Afghanistan have prepared the grounds for a change and evolution and the revival of the Islamic civilization," Boroujerdi continued.

He further pointed out that as a result of the same intimate ties, the two countries are resolved to consolidate their parliamentary relations and increase reciprocal meetings between the two countries' parliamentarians in a bid to share legislative experiences.

Iran is one of the most important donors to Afghanistan which has kept its promises and helped to the reconstruction of the war-hit country.

Iran has built several roads, power transmission lines, and border stations, among other infrastructural projects.

Also Iran hosts over one million illegal Afghan refugees, while the Islamic Republic has received little international support.