Islamabad, IRNA – Member of Iranian parliament stressed the need to enhancecooperation among the regional states to effectively fight againstterrorism.

Head of the Iranian delegation and chairman of National Foreign PolicyCommittee Ardeshair Nourian made the remarks during an interview with IRNAafter holding a session of drafting committee of Speakers Conference inIslamabad.

He said that they had a useful session of the committee during which issuesrelated to formulations of rules and regulations of the Speakers’Conference were discussed.

The politician added that the meeting emphasized on cooperation againstterrorism.

He added that first Speakers’ Conference of Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan,Turkey, China and Russia was held in Islamabad last year and the nextconference would be held in Tehran in August of this year.

The MP said that the draft committee had met to discuss future plans of theSpeakers Conference its agenda and its rules and regulations.

Ardeshair Nourian said that regional cooperation is necessary to achieveregional peace and stability. He added that the role of Iran againstterrorism was also hailed during the meeting.

He said that if regional states can operationalize steps against terrorismthey would be able to enhance their cooperation in trade and economicsectors also. He added that all countries are eager to root out terrorismfrom the region.

Member of Pakistani parliament and head of Pakistani delegation in thedraft committee Zahid Hamid told IRNA that Speakers Conference is a verygood forum established to play its role in bringing peace and prosperity inthe region.

He added that in 2017 historical conference speakers of six countriesnamely Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, China and Russia participated.The MP said that in the drafting committee charter and rules of theconference have been formed.

“This platform will continue to work and I am very confident that it wouldprove be very fruitful in bringing peace and prosperity in the region,”said Zahid Hamid.