13 December 2016
Head of Iran-Russia Parliamentary Friendship Group Ramezan Ali Sobhanifar called for facilitating banking and customs cooperation between the two countries. 

'Facilitating banking and customs relations between the two countries is taking place within the framework of boosting of bilateral ties between the two countries,' Sobhanifar said in a meeting a member of Russia-Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group Igor Marozouf,' Sobhanifar said on Monday. 

Sobhanifar pointed to good relations between Iran and Russia, and said, 'Strengthening Iran-Russia relations as two influential and important countries will benefit the two countries' nations and governments.' 

He went on to say that the Iranian parliament, specialized commissions, the parliamentary friendship groups are ready to render any type of assistance to the development of the two countries' relations in all areas. 

The Russian lawmaker, for his part, voiced his country's interest in the expansion ties between the two countries.

© IRNA 2016