TEHRAN -- The secretary general of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Member States, Mahmud Erol Kilic, visited the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) in Tehran on Monday.
He also met NLAI Director Reza Salehi-Amiri and they discussed ways to expand cultural relations between Iran and Turkey, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Tuesday.
They also talked about the ways to arrange sessions for Iranian and Turkish intellectuals to meet and expand cultural ties between the two nations.
“The biggest service to the world of Islam is to help promote unity among the different Islamic religious denominations,” Salehi-Amiri said.
He called Erol Kilic “a cultural figure”, who supports the idea of expansion of cultural ties among the Islamic countries.
“Mahmud Erol Kilic is trying to develop unity and friendship between the Iranian and Turkish people,” Salehi-Amiri concluded.
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