News - Middle East: Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran is determined to improve bilateral cooperation with Algeria in various fields, particularly in the economic, trade and tourism sectors.

In a meeting with Algerian People's National Assembly's Speaker Ibrahim Boughali in Tehran on Monday, Amir-Abdollahian said the two countries have an "excellent" level of political ties.

He hailed the Algerian people's fight against the colonial powers and their support for Palestine.

The top Iranian diplomat once again censured the recent desecration of the Holy Qur'an in some European countries, including Sweden and Denmark, and said the parliaments of Muslim countries play a leading role in confronting Islamophobia and blasphemous acts against Islamic sanctities.

He noted that the top Iranian and Algerian parliamentarians reached an important agreement on holding a virtual meeting among the heads of parliaments to condemn the sacrilegious acts against Islamic sanctities.

Speaking during a joint press conference with Algerian People's National Assembly's speaker earlier on Monday, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said he and Boughali, as the president of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC), agreed on holding a virtual meeting among the heads of parliaments to condemn the desecration of Islamic sanctities, including Qur’an-burning in Western countries, and find a suitable response to the issue.

More acts of sacrilege against the Holy Qur'an have taken place in Sweden and Denmark even as the two countries have said they are exploring ways to legally limit such actions to de-escalate growing tensions with Muslim countries.

On Sunday, the deputy director general of the Human Rights Department of Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned Sweden and Denmark's chargés d'affaires in Tehran in protest at the continuation of brazen and heinous acts of insulting the Muslim holy book.

The Iranian diplomat said the governments of Sweden and Denmark have to bear the full responsibility and serious consequences of this blasphemous move.

In his meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, Boughali said Tehran and Algiers have a common stance on many international issues and called for the expansion of mutual relations in various fields.

He also condemned a recent terrorist attack against innocent people at the Shah Cheragh holy shrine in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz.

On August 13, a gunman started shooting at people at the Shah Cheragh holy shrine, killing two people and injuring several others. He was arrested at the scene and handed over to investigators for interrogation.

In a statement on Friday, Iran's Intelligence Ministry said it has arrested a Daesh-linked suspect that played the “most pivotal” supporting role in the deadly terrorist attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine.

Boughali further said Israel plays a destructive role in many crises facing the Muslim world and threw his country's weight behind the fair restoration of the Palestinian people's rights.

Source: Press TV