Iranian speaker stresses need for expansion of cooperation with Tokyo

Larijani who left Tehran for Tokyo Monday night atop a high ranking political- economic delegation for a five-day visit reiterated before departing Tehran that his visit is in response to an invitation extended by his Japanese counterpart.

The Majlis speaker said that expansion of Iran-Japan economic cooperation was one of the other objectives of the visit, adding, “Japan is one of the most important, most influential Asian countries and the two countries’ relations are at a good level, but Iran wishes to further expand its cooperation with Japan.”

Larijani added, “Keeping in mind the Islamic Republic of Iran’s policies we hope the two countries’ economic relations would tend from state level to private sectors level and this visit is a good opportunity for the two countries’ chambers of commerce for exchanging viewpoints.”

He said that political consultations were another objective of the five day visit, reiterating, “Unfortunately the Middle East has become the scene of many bitter developments and that has decreased the opportunities for consultations.”

/Irna/