State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin will lead a representative delegation of the lower house, which on Friday will go to Tehran to participate in the II Conference of the Speakers of the Parliaments of Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia and Turkey to counter terrorism and strengthen regional cooperation. This was reported in the press service of the State Duma.
“The parliamentarians will discuss the experience of legislative regulation and modern strategies to combat terrorism, as well as issues of strengthening interregional cooperation,” the press service said. The conference will be held on December 8 in Tehran, and a declaration will be adopted on its basis. On the margins of the event, Volodin will hold bilateral meetings with the speakers of the parliaments of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey.
A bilateral meeting between Volodin and the chairman of the Mejlis (unicameral parliament) of Iran Ali Larijani is expected directly on Friday.
After Iran, Volodin will go on an official visit to India at the invitation of the Speaker of the People’s Chamber of the Parliament Sumitra Makhadzhan. The visit is scheduled for December 9-10.