A four-member British parliamentary delegation, headed by former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, has arrived in the Iranian capital on a three-day visit.The delegation, composed of members of the UK Parliament and headed by Straw, the head of the Britain-Iran parliamentary friendship group in the UK Parliament, arrived in Tehran on Tuesday mourning, IRNA reported.
Abbas-Ali Mansouri Arani, the head of the Iran-Britain Parliamentary Friendship Group in Majlis (Iranian Parliament), said, during its stay, the British delegation will meet with a number of political and economic authorities and a number of high-level Iranian officials.
The British mission is expected to first meet the Iran-Britain Parliamentary Friendship Group in Majlis on Tuesday.
Endeavour towards improvement of the bilateral relations in different areas, especially political and economic, is among the main objectives of the British mission's visit.
Iranian parliamentary official Mahdi Kiayi said, "Jack Straw, the head of Britain's parliamentary delegation, will have a press conference on Wednesday evening this week, which will be held at the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parliament)," Fars News Agency reported on Tuesday.
"Britain's parliamentary delegation, on its visit to Tehran, alongside meeting its Iranian counterpart, will meet with other political and parliamentary officials, but is not scheduled to meet the heads of [government] branches," Kiayi said.
Last December, Britains new non-resident Charge d'affaires to Iran, Ajay Sharma visited Tehran to hold consultations with Iranian officials and reopen Britains mission in the Islamic Republic.
Sharma was the first British diplomat to travel to Iran since ties between Tehran and London were severed in 2011.
Iran and Britain agreed in October last year to appoint non-resident chargs daffaires as a first step toward reopening their respective embassies.
The development followed a September meeting between Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and British Foreign Secretary William Hague in New York, during which they discussed ways to improve Tehran-London ties based on mutual respect.
By Press TV
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