Date: 02 Feb 1999
Time: 19:46:37
Remote Name: 12.72.10.90
heinz fischer: iranian culture interests me vienna, feb. 3, irna -- the president of federal assembly (nationalrat), heinz fischer told the iranian ambassador to austria, ibrahim rahimpoor here tuesday that iran has been able to exert influence in the european history and that he was interested in the irainian culture. welcoming the expansion of political bilateral relations and inter-parliamentary ties fischer said, "we are closely and enthusiastically keeping track of the betterment of relations between the islamic republic of iran and european union (eu)." "austria has positively contributed toward broadening of relations between iran and the european union (eu) and that my country wishes to continue playing this role in the area," nationalrat president said. "the inter-parliamentary relations has been `good' and that i had conducted constructive negotiation with the majlis speaker, hojjatoleslam ali akbar nateq nouri during his visit to austria," fischer pointed out. "the continuation of the negotiation would be useful for the two nation," said the federal assembly president. at this meeting, iran's ambassador, rahimpoor referring to the latest developments in the trend of expansion of relations said, " exchange of top parliamentary delegation is a major step in the bolstering of vienna-tehran relations." dh/dh end ::irna 03/02/99 00:45