Tehran, Sept 6, IRNA � Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday conferred with French National Assembly President Claude Bartolone on issues of mutual interest.

The two sides discussed bilateral, regional and international issues.

Bartolone arrived in Tehran on Monday evening at invitation of Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani. He will stay in Iran until Friday.

He met with Larijani on Tuesday morning and the two sides discussed the parliamentary issues.

Co-Chairman of France-Iran parliamentary friendship group, deputy head of foreign affairs commission of the French National Assembly and a member of national defense committee of the assembly are accompanying Claude Bartolone.

Bartolone is to meet with President Hassan Rouhani as well as Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani.

By IRNA