TEHRAN – Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh has said European ambassadors to Iran have renewed calls for opening a European Union office in Tehran.

Parliamentary committee hosted a meeting of 26 ambassadors from the European countries on October 1.

In the gathering, the Austrian envoy whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, and a number of other ambassadors stressed the need for the establishment of an EU office in Iran, the senior lawmaker said.

In November 2017, First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri said the establishment of an EU office in Tehran was on the agenda of the Foreign Ministry.

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