Belarus and Iran are keen on building a strategic partnership, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Vadim Ipatov said during a meeting with the Iranian parliamentary delegation led by head of the Belarus-Iran parliamentary cooperation group at the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran Ali Asghar Bagherzadeh in Minsk on 21 July, BelTA learned.

«We view Iran as an important partner in the region, an authoritative participant in international relations and we seek to establish a strategic partnership. We have a common understanding of the processes taking place in the world and are committed to forming a fair multipolar world order,» Vadim Ipatov said. «We have already come a long way in the diplomatic relations — 32 years of cooperation at this level. For us, contacts at the highest and highest levels are very important. In October of last year, the presidents of Belarus and Iran met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan and agreed to sign a joint statement on the in-depth development of interstate relations.»

An Iranian parliamentary delegation led by head of the Belarus-Iran parliamentary cooperation group at the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran Ali Asghar Bagherzadeh arrived in Belarus on 20 July at the invitation of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus.

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