Russia, Iran may cancel visa requirements in future - Russian upper house speaker

TEHRAN, November 14. /TASS/. Visa requirements for visiting Russia and Iran soon may be dropped, Valentina Matviyenko, the speaker of Russia’s Federation Council upper parliament house, said on Monday. She mentioned a recent agreement, which suggested easier visa formalities for certain categories of travelers, and thus the number of trips from Iran to Russia doubled in 2015. The number of trips from Russia to Iran has also increased, she said. "Our consular services continue consultations on further easing of the visa regime, including for organized tourist groups, and further on the visa requirement between our countries may be cancelled fully," she said. The easier regime, or cancelling visas, she continued, "opens big opportunities for businesses, for youth, student exchanges, for tourist exchanges." "This is important both from the economic point of view, it is important also from the humanitarian point of view for improvement of the friendly relations between our countries," the speaker said. Read more