Iran's Majlis speaker returns home

Tehran, June 12, IRNA – Iran's Majlis speaker returned home on Saturday after a 5-day tour to Singapore and Indonesia.

Ali Larijani, who started his trip last Monday, met with his counterparts from Singapore and Indonesia.

Larijani departed Jakarta for Tehran Saturday morning.

Larijani, in a meeting with Speaker of Indonesian House of Representatives Marzuki Alie proposed to send a joint parliamentary delegation to Gaza Strip to break blockade of the region and his proposal was welcomed by his counterpart.

Marzuki Alie, by welcoming the proposal, also recommend that the trip be taken before the fasting month of Ramadan as a gift to Palestinian nation.

Dispatching the joint delegation was mentioned in the final statement of both speakers.

Larijani also attended Iran's Cultural Center in Jakarta and delivered a speech for Iranians residing in Indonesia and attended Friday prayers in the town.

Before traveling to Indonesia, Larijani paid a 2-day visit to Singapore and in separate meetings discussed issues of mutual interest with president, prime minister and a number of ministers.

The main issue of Larijani talks in Singapore was expansion of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries./end