TEHRAN -- The Cambodian Parliament speaker has called for the formation of an Iran-Cambodia Parliamentary Friendship Association.

According to reports, the Cambodian Parliament speaker made the remarks during a meeting with an Iranian Majlis delegation in Phnom Penh on Thursday.

A message from Iranian Majlis Speaker Mahdi Karrubi was also submitted to his Cambodian counterpart during the meeting.

The Iranian parliamentary delegation, headed by Reza Yousefian, is in Cambodia to participate in a session to draft the Charter of Human Rights in Asian Countries of the Asian Parliaments Peace Society.

The Cambodian Parliament speaker is the current chairman of the Asian Parliaments Peace Society.