Armenian defence minister goes to Tehran for talks with Iranian leaders
Noyan Tapan news agency
7 Feb 05
Yerevan, 7 February: A delegation led by the secretary of the Security
Council of the Armenian president and Armenian defence minister,
Serzh Sarkisyan, left for Iran on 7 February at the invitation of
the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic
Republic of Iran, Hasan Rowhani.
Within the framework of the visit, the members of the Armenian
delegation will meet the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry
department for CIS countries, Mehdi Safari, and the former Iranian
ambassador to Armenia, Farhad Koleyni, the press secretary of the
Armenian Defence Ministry, Col Seyran Shakhsuvaryan, told Noyan Tapan
news agency.
On the morning of 8 February, the Armenian delegation will visit
the Sa’adabad complex where they will meet the secretary of the
Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
Hasan Rowhani. After that, they will meet Iranian President Mohammad
Khatami and the chairman of the Iranian Expediency Council, Akbar
Hashemi-Rafsanjani.
On the same day, the delegation will visit Tehran’s Armenian eparchy
and the Armenian embassy in Tehran.
The delegation will return to Yerevan on 9 February.