EP President Holds Talks with Iran’s Parliament Speaker in Tehran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz arrived in Tehran on Saturday and held talks with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on a range of issues.
In their meeting, Schulz and Larijani discussed the bilateral relations between Iran and the European Parliament.
They also discussed the latest developments in the Middle East, with the focus on a crisis that has engulfed Syria for more than 4 years.
The two officials held a joint press conference after the meeting.
During his stay in Tehran, Schulz is also scheduled to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, and Interior Minister and head of the country’s anti-drug office Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli.
The European Parliament (EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union (the Council) and the European Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU.
The EP is composed of 751 (previously 766) members, who represent the second largest democratic electorate in the world (after the Parliament of India) and the largest trans-national democratic electorate in the world (375 million eligible voters in 2009).
