Iran parliament Speaker, Ali Larijani, and President Rouhani delivered speeches in the opening ceremony, followed by the speeches of other participants’ parliament speakers.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi have also attended the conference as well, IRNA reported.

Confronting terrorism, reviewing experiences, studying current strategies and establishing new regional ones, developing communication and strengthening regional cooperation, achieving peace and sustainable development in the region are among the topics to be discussed during the two-day conference.

The Pakistani parliament speaker will resign the presidency of the conference to his Iranian counterpart.

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