By IRNA,
Tehran : “The Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes negotiations in principle and of course believes that any talks should be held within a fair framework and in a logical course,” said Larijani in a meeting with Algerian ambassador to Tehran Mohammad al-Assin Waraqi here on Saturday.
Somewhere in his remarks, Larijani said Iran and Algeria share common interests in different domains especially in the political field and the grounds can be exploited in a good manner given close stances held by the two sides officials.
He said Tehran is ready to contribute to the joint venture projects in Algeria and said Iranian private sector is experienced and powerful enough to undertake engineering and industrial services in Algeria and cooperate with the Algerian enterprises.
He added that Majlis is ready to cooperate with the Algerian parliament.
He voiced pleasure with Algerian government’s stance vis-a-vis Iran’s peaceful nuclear energy and said Iran welcomes dialogue.
Congratulating Larijani on his election as Majlis speaker, the Algerian ambassador said the election can be highly helpful for expansion of bilateral ties.
He said Algeria is keen on benefiting from experience of Iranian companies in its development projects.
Inviting Larijani to visit Algeria, the Algerian envoy said, “I believe parliamentary relations between the two countries will get further promoted in tenure of Larijani as Majlis speaker and to this end, Algerian parliament has recently formed parliamentary friendship group with Iran.”