By IRNA,
Tehran : Iran’s Majlis is to host an international conference in support of Palestine and Gaza on March 4-5, it was reported on Monday.
According to the Majlis information website, the conference would be held with the participation of Iran’s senior officials as well as parliament speakers from a number of other countries and leaders of Palestinian groups.
Representatives from the pro-Palestinian international bodies are also to take part in the gathering, the report added.
While in Turkey in mid January to attend an emergency meeting of the Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union (IIPU), Iran’s Majlis peaker Ali Larijani had invited his counterparts to attend the two-day conference in Tehran, said the report.
The report added that during the past couple of days Larijani has telephoned his counterparts from Nigeria, Sudan, Lebanon, Oman, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to officially invite them to the conference.