Russia to enhance bilateral relations with Iran

Russia and Iran intend to enhance bilateral relations. With this purpose, a working group has been formed, which is scheduled to hold meetings every two months.

The chairman of the Iran-Russia Friendship Group in Iranian Parliament, Ramezanali Sobhani-Fard said that a working group has been formed to enhance the relations between Iran and Russia following the recent visit by Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Ali Larijani, to Moscow.

Referring to the fact that Iran-Russia relations have expanded dramatically in the past few years, Ramezanali Sobhani-Fard said that "we have witnessed an increase of 120% in Iranians' travel to Russia, and the travel of Russian citizens to Iran has increased by 35% and the number of Iranian flights to Russia has also increased to 16 flights per week."

Iran is represented in the group by the members of the Majlis Foreign Policy Commission, the Iran-Russia Friendship Group and the Majlis Research Center, the Mehr News Agency reported.