Almotamar.net - The Speaker of the parliament Yahya al-Raea received an invitation from Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko to visit Russia.

The speaker received the invitation during his meeting on Wednesday with Russian ambassador to Yemen Vladimir Didohchin.

The visit aims to promote and expand friendly cooperation relations between Russia and Yemen, particularly after the visit paid by President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi to Russia in 2013.