Iran’s Majlis chief to visit Iraq next month – amb.

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani will visit Iraq late next month at the invitation of his Iraqi counterpart Iyad al-Samarraie to discuss ways to expand parliamentary ties and sign an agreement, Iran’s ambassador in Baghdad said. “The agreement yet to be signed was prepared in Tehran during Iraqi Parliament Speaker Samarraie’s visit to Iran, where the two sides concurred that the deal would be signed in the Iraqi capital,” Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) quoted Hassan Kazemi Qomi as saying on Friday. Samarraie had paid an official two-day visit to Tehran on Monday (Sept. 28) at the head of a delegation to discuss pending issues between the two countries and means to develop bilateral relations. Qomi said that expanding parliamentary relations between the two countries could have a negative effect as to correct laws of cooperation between them. “The ties binding the two sides’ peoples are strong and accordance between the two neighboring nations would help enact new legislations regarding consular affairs,” he added.   AmR (P) 1