“The meeting of the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and the President of Iran Hassan Rouhani took place. Vyacheslav Volodin conveyed greetings and warmest wishes from Russian President Vladimir Putin, ”the statement said.

As noted, Volodin told Rukhani about the results of the meeting of the Russian-Iranian inter-parliamentary commission, the parties also discussed issues of development of relations between the two countries.

Earlier, Volodin met with the chairman of the Mejlis (Parliament) of Iran, Ali Larijani, in Tehran. During the conversation, the Russian parliamentarian noted that Russia and Iran initiated the creation of a new format in order to establish inter-parliamentary interaction between the Caspian states.