Date : 25/11/1999
IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER IN RABAT ON OFFICIAL VISIT
TUNIS, NOV 25 (KUNA) -- IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ALI AKBAR NATIQ NOURI ON
THURSDAY ARRIVED THE MOROCCAN CAPITAL ON AN OFFICIAL THREE-DAY VISIT IN
RESPONSE TO AN INVITATION BY THE CHIEF OF THE FIRST CHAMBRE AT THE MOROCCAN
PARLIAMENT ABDELWAHID RADHI, ACCORDING TO THE MOROCCAN PRESS AGENCY (MAP)
WHICH IS MONITORED HERE.
THE AGENCY QUOTED NOURI AS SAYING THAT HE WOULD REVIEW PARLIAMENT
COOPERATION RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO MUSLIM COUNTRIES, NOTING THAT OTHER
ISSUES PERTAINING TO ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUPS
WOULD BE ALSO DISCUSSED DURING THE VISIT.
HE SAID HE WOULD ALSO MEET MOROCCAN OFFICIALS TO REVIEW THE SITUATION INTHE
MUSLIM WORLD IN GENERAL. THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN IS CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF
THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) IN WHICH MOROCCO IS A MEMBER.
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SH.BZ.
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