ARMENIAN DEPUTY FM RECEIVES IRAQI FM’S ADVISER

ArmenPress
Sept 29 2004

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 29, ARMENPRESS: Armenian deputy foreign minister
Ruben Shugarian received September 28 an adviser to Iraqi foreign
minister Tarik Muhammad Yahia and the owner of Iraqi Nouruz Group
Holding Mustafa Jaf.

According to foreign minister press services, during the meeting
the sides emphasized that Armenia has always demonstrated a
balanced position on the Iraqi crises and supported peaceful and
swift regulation of the problem focusing on humanitarian actions and
projects in post-conflict period which is appreciated in Iraq.

The director of Nouruz Group Holding expressed readiness to develop
trade and economic relations with Armenia, particularly to establish an
Armenian-Iraqi joint venture and a bank as well as to import Armenian
products to Iraq. The Iraqi side also underscored organization of
direct flights between Yerevan and Baghdad.