ARMENIA AND IRAN TO ACTIVATE TIES BETWEEN FRONTIER REGIONS

YEREVAN, JUNE 15. ARMINFO. Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan
and Iranian Minister for Education and Upbringing Mortez Khaji
during today’s meeting stressed the necessity to activate ties
between countries’ frontier regions – the Syunik region (Armenia)
and the Eastern Atrpatakan (Iran).

As ARMINFO was informed in the governmental press-service, Margaryan
noted the significance of regional and bilateral cooperation and
stressed that both mutual visits on various levels and the productive
activity of Armenian-Iranian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic
Cooperation contribute greatly to it. He informed that growth of
turnover volumes between Armenia and Iran has been registered as a
result of Commission’s productive activity.

To note, in Jan-Feb, 2005, turnover volume between Armenia and Iran
totaled $30.8 mln – higher by 45.1% as against the same index of 2004.