Armenian premier, outgoing Iranian envoy upbeat on bilateral ties

Armenian premier, outgoing Iranian envoy upbeat on bilateral ties

Noyan Tapan news agency
11 Jun 04

Yerevan, 11 June: Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan today
received the Iranian ambassador plenipotentiary and extraordinary to
Armenia, Mohammad [Farhad] Koleini, who is completing his diplomatic
mission.

Highly rating the activities of the diplomat over the past four years,
the prime minister said that remarkable achievements had been made in
the ties of the two states and nations, both in political and economic
spheres. An atmosphere of confidence in bolstering cooperation between
business circles of the two countries has been created, further steps
for the development of traditional cultural, educational and other
relations have been undertaken, the Armenian government’s department
for information and public relations told Noyan Tapan news agency.

Ambassador Mohammad Koleini took satisfaction in the assistance
provided by the government, the authorities and other bodies of
Armenia, as he carried out his mission, and added that he would further
contribute to the consolidation of friendship between the peoples of
Armenia and Iran, who shared a great historic past.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS