Deputy FM, Parliamentary Faction Weigh Plans to Support Iranian Expats
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian deputy foreign minister and a parliamentary faction held a meeting to discuss plans to protect and support the Iranian nationals residing abroad.
The Presiding Board of the Parliamentary Faction for Iranian Expatriates’ Affairs held a meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Iranian Expatriates’ Affairs Kazem Sajjadi to discuss the potential and capabilities of Iranian expatriates.
The participants in the meeting stressed the need to protect and support Iranian expatriates.
Sajjadi said the decision to return the Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Iranian Expatriates’ Affairs to the foreign ministry was a right decision.
He also emphasized that the necessary facilities and tools should be provided to fulfill the major task of handling the affairs of the Iranian diaspora, the Foreign Ministry’s website reported.
For his part, head of the Presiding Board of the Parliamentary Faction Hojjatoleslam Salimi said methods should be devised to promptly meet the rightful demands of Iranian expatriates in order to facilitate their educational affairs and travel and to provide more opportunities for them to make investments in the country.
He said lawmakers will cooperate in providing the structural mechanism as well as the necessary legal and budgetary requirements in that regard.
