SANA’A, Dec. 19 (Saba)- Parliament Speaker Yahya Ali al-Raiee met here with Iranian Chargé d' Affaires to Yemen Mohammed Farhat on Monday.

At the meeting, the Speaker praised the historical bilateral relations between the two countries, including parliamentary cooperation.

Al-Raiee asked Farhat to convey his greetings to Dr. Ali Larijani, the head of the Iranian Shura Council and all the parliamentarians and officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran, hoping for more economic, commercial and health cooperation to serve common interests of the two brotherly countries.

He also called to employ the Iranian external political movements and diplomatic relations with all our brothers and friendly countries to put an end to the unjust aggression war imposed against Yemen, lifting the unfair land, sea and air siege on Yemen.

For his part, the Iranian Chargé d' Affaires to Yemen expressed his pleasure to promote bilateral relations to include various fields that serve the interests of the Iranian and Yemeni peoples.

Farhat also stressed on the importance to enhance the economic cooperation in different fields.

The meeting was attended by deputy parliament speaker Nasser Mohammed Bajeel, the Parliament Secretary General Abdullah Ahmed Sofan and Parliament members, Bassam Ali Hassan al-Shater and Amin Mohamed Basha .

TN/ZaK

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