Tehran - German Parliament is making every effort to help an immediate deal between Iran and the West, visiting deputy head of Social Democratic Party of Germany's Parliament Rudolf Mutzenich said on Saturday.
He made the remarks in a meeting with the head of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Majlis, Alaeddin Boroujerdi.
The German lawmaker called for enhanced parliamentary relations between Iran and Germany.
He said that Iran's nuclear dispute has affected Tehran-Berlin ties in a negative way and expressed hope that a removal of all sanctions on Iran after reaching a nuclear deal would improve cultural and economic relations between Iran and Germany.
The Iranian MP, for his part, called for further parliamentary ties between the two countries based on internationally accepted principles, such as mutual respect and avoiding intervention in internal affairs of one another.
On the recent anti-Iran resolution passed by European Parliament, Boroujerdi said the resolution failed to realize the realities and has damaged the thaw of relations between Iran and Europe as it ignored the sentiments of Iranian nation.
Using nuclear technology for civilian purposes, enrichment on the Iranian soil and protection of nuclear achievements of Iranian scientists are among inalienable rights that cannot be taken away from Iran, Boroujerdi said.
He said that Iran favors a world free from nuclear weapons and that using nuclear technology for weapons production is not Iran's defense doctrine and therefore it has signed nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and accepted supervision of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on its nuclear activities.
The two sides also discussed the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the presidential elections in Afghanistan and establishment of security there.
© IRNA 2014
