By IRNA,
Tehran : Majlis speaker said Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union(IIPU) is now an important center to connect Islamic parliaments.
In a farewell meeting with outgoing Egyptian Secretary General of IIPU Ibrahim Oaf here Wednesday, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said, “Victory of Islamic Revolution in Iran strengthened heartfelt ties of Iranians with other Muslims in the world.”
Haddad said unity among Muslim nations is a part of Iran’s foreign policy principles and we move toward such a goal.
Referring to the problems before Islamic world, Haddad said, “The Islamic world is facing with serious and new dangers.”
He continued Organizations like IIPU can consolidate unity among Islamic world and Mr. Oaf, as secretary general of the organization, made a great effort to promote the organization.
Before Majlis speaker, the outgoing head of IIPU praised Iran’s initiative to create the organization and said the Islamic nations owe the idea to Iran.
He continued, “The US accusations against Iran is violation of international norms and standards.”
Enemies are always trying to create conflicts between religions, he underlined.
In the ceremony, Mahmoud Erol Qlic, from Turkey, and Asghar Mohammadi from Iran, were introduced as new secretary general and the new deputy of IIPU, respectively.