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.