Iran and Italy agreed Sunday to form a committee to curb illegal immigration and signed an agreement that also denounced "terrorism," Italian Interior Minister Enzo Bianco announced.
"We have decided to create a working committee to end the illegal immigration of Iranians to Italy," Italian Interior Minister Enzo Bianco said at a joint news conference with his Iranian counterpart Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari.
Bianco said the countries signed a protocol agreement pledging to fight "against terrorism in all forms, drug trafficking, organized crime, money laundering and on the issue of illegal immigration."
The Italian was the first interior minister from a European Union country to visit Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution -- TEHRAN (AFP)