Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran
June 13 2005

Tabriz, Yerevan to bolster bilateral ties

Tabriz, East Azarbaijan prov, June 13, IRNA

Visiting Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsisyan met with the Governor
General of the Iran’s northwestern province of East Azarbaijan,
Mohammad-Ali Sobhanollahi on Monday, discussing ways to bolster
Tabriz-Yerevan relations.

During the meeting, Sobhanollahi pointed to the province’s economic,
scientific, industrial and trade potentials, calling for consolidation
of cooperation between the two cities.

He called on Armenian officials to accelerate construction of a
transit road between the two regions and settle the transit problems.

Referring to Iran’s abundant energy resources, he said it was
inevitable for neighboring states to cooperate with Iran in this
regard.

He voiced his province’s readiness to boost all-out cooperation with
Yerevan within the framework of the two countries’ agreement.

Movsisyan, for his part, expressed his country’s interest in
cooperating with the Iranian city, underlining the need to construct
Iran-Armenia pipeline to transport oil from Iran to Armenia.