Larijani Arrives In Jakarta For IIPU Meet

Tehran, Jan 30, IRNA – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on Sunday arrived in Jakarta to take part in the 7th General Assembly Meeting of Islamic Inter Parliamentary Union in Palembang, Indonesia. He was welcomed by Indonesian Vice Speaker of Parliament for International Cooperation Sidarto Danusubroto. Larijani is scheduled to deliver a speech in IIPU meeting and meet with his counterparts and high ranking officials from Islamic countries. Before leaving Tehran, he told reporters he would consult and exchange views with his counterparts on regional issues and other vital issues pertaining to the Islamic world. Th Majlis speaker said Iran would play a key role in meeting because the body has been set up upon an initiative of the Islamic Republic. Parliamentarians from 33 Islamic countries are participating in the two day meeting with 15 countries being represented by their parliament speakers. The meeting is due to review the most important issues of the Islamic world such as Islamic Awakening, Qods, Palestine’s membership in the United Nations, making Middle East free from weapons of mass destruction, new technologies, peaceful use of atomic energy, campaign against terrorism and sustainable development./end