Pakistani legislature head attends Speakers Conference in Tehran

Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaisar is attending the second Speakers’ Conference of Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, China, Russia, and Afghanistan, aimed at combating terrorism and strengthening regional communications.

The Pakistani parliament speaker resigns the presidency of the conference being held in Tehran to his Iranian counterpart. The first edition of the conference was held in Pakistan’s capital city of Islamabad where the six countries decided to boost regional cooperation to combat terrorism.
Confronting terrorism, reviewing experiences, studying current strategies and establishing new regional ones, developing communication and strengthening regional cooperation, achieving peace and sustainable development in the region are among the topics to be discussed during the two-day conference.
Majlis (Iran parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani and President Rouhani speak in the opening ceremony, followed by the speeches of other participants’ parliament speakers.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi have also attended the conference as well.