MFA Press Statement: VISIT BY CHAIRMAN OF THE IRAN-SINGAPORE PARLIAMENTARY FRIENDSHIP GROUP DR GHOLAM REZA MESBAHI MOGHADDAM 23 TO 28 NOVEMBER 2014

        The Chairman of the Iran-Singapore Parliamentary Friendship Group Dr Gholam Reza Mesbahi Moghaddam is leading a delegation from the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran to visit Singapore from 23 to 28 November 2014.

        During the visit, Dr Moghaddam called on Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob and met the co-Chairman of the Iran-Singapore Parliamentary Friendship Group Zainudin Nordin. Speaker Halimah welcomed the continued exchanges between parliamentarians to promote people-to-people ties and deepen appreciation of each other’s culture and heritage. Speaker Halimah had visited Iran in June this year together with a few Members of Parliament at the invitation of Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, Ali Larijani.

        Dr Moghaddam also met Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K Shanmugam, and was hosted to lunch by Senior Minister of State (SMS) for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli. They reaffirmed the friendly relations between the two countries. SMS Masagos also welcomed the recent extension of negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran and urged Iran to seize this opportunity to resolve all outstanding issues concerning Iran’s nuclear programme.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

26 NOVEMBER 2014