bagher ghalibaf. i would also like to congratulate you, the people of iran, on gaining full membership of brix. russia was among those countries that contributed in every possible way to your country joining this association. we note with satisfaction tehran’s active involvement in numerous industry formats and interactions within the brix framework. iran is our long-time close partner, relations between our countries are rapidly reaching the level of strategic partnership. chairman of the state duma vyacheslav volodin held negotiations with chairman of the chamber of deputies of egypt hanafi gibali. the meeting took place in st. petersburg at the parliamentary forum. the politicians agreed to intensify inter-parliamentary cooperation and sign an agreement. in addition, they discussed the development of economic cooperation and joint resolution of regional security issues. relations between our countries are developing and of course it is important for us, for our part , to make our contribution withi