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Tue, 01/22/2013 - 08:45
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Kuwaiti House Speaker Calls For Expansion Of Ties With Iran

Khartoum, Jan 22, IRNA – Kuwait is keen to promote ties with Iran, House Speaker of Kuwait Ali Fahad al-Rashed said Monday, urging other regional countries to boost cooperation with each other. Al-Rashed made the remarks in a meeting with Iranˈs Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani. The meeting was held in the Sudanese capital on the sidelines of the eighth meeting of the Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union. Al-Rashed expressed his satisfaction with the existing friendly ties between the two nations, calling for further promotion of bilateral cooperation. Undoubtedly, he said, Iran is an influential country in the Persian Gulf region with which Kuwait is determined to strengthen parliamentary cooperation. Larijani, for his part, described current parliamentary relations between the two as excellent, expressing hope that the existing ties would further promote during al-Rashedˈs tenure. He then invited the Kuwaiti speaker to visit Iran in near future./end

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