Iranian Parliament Interested in Developing Interparliamentary Cooperation with Kazakhstan

Tehran, November 20, 2024 - Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Iran Ontalap Onalbayev met with parliamentarians of the Council of the Islamic Majlis of the Islamic Republic of Iran, members of the Kazakhstan-Iran parliamentary friendship group headed by Manouchehr Mottaki.

During the meeting, the parties discussed further strengthening of political, economic and humanitarian cooperation between the two countries, inter-parliamentary relations, ratification of bilateral and multilateral international documents.

Onalbayev acquainted the Iranian parliamentarians with the political and economic reforms implemented in Kazakhstan under the leadership of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the system and role of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as the investment situation in our country.

In his turn, M. Mottaki said that the Iranian Parliament is interested in developing bilateral inter-parliamentary relations and noted that friendship groups in the parliaments of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Islamic Republic of Iran can play a significant role in intensifying work in this direction. The Iranian parliamentarian called for the full use of the potential of the North-South and Kazakhstan-Iran-Turkmenistan transport corridors, stating that Iran is the safest, shortest and most efficient route for exporting Kazakh goods to the world market.

Deputy Head of the Agricultural Commission of the Iran Parliament, member of the Kazakhstan-Iran Friendship Group, Mr. Peyman Falsafi stressed the need to take appropriate measures to increase bilateral trade in the agricultural sector, noting that the Iranian side is ready to provide comprehensive assistance in importing Kazakh grain and its transit to third countries through Iran.

Iranian parliamentarian expressed great interest in further developing cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as their readiness to help strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries.

At the end of the meeting, M. Mottaki invited the members of the Kazakhstan-Iran interparliamentary cooperation group of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan to visit Tehran in the near future.