AHMADINEJAD STRESSES BOOSTING OF ALL-OUT TIES WITH YEREVAN
Today, Azerbaijan
July 5 2006
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran welcomes development
of all-out ties with Armenia, in the spheres of transportation,
culture, sports, tourism and energy in particular.
According to the Fars News Agency, during the meeting, Ahmadinejad
noted 6 rounds of successful joint cooperation commission meetings
and said that the two countries also enjoy desirable and expandable
cooperation in dealing with regional and international issues,
expressing the hope that the visit to Tehran by the Armenian
President would be a significant step ahead in further progress and
reinvigoration of the two states’ mutual relations.
For his part, Armenian President Robert Kocharian expressed pleasure in
visiting Tehran and said that it reminds him of beautiful reminiscences
of the past, adding that his country and the Islamic Republic of Iran,
fortunately, enjoy extensive relations.
Reminding that the two states have so far endorsed 90 agreements
on joint cooperation, he called for taking the steps required for
gaining practical results from the previously held agreements.
Kocharian also voiced Armenia’s enthusiasm for developing cooperation
with the Islamic Republic of Iran in various grounds, including energy,
transportation, linking the two countries’ railroads and increasing
the two states’ capacity of power exchange.
He also extended an invitation to President Ahmadinejad to pay a visit
to Armenia and attend the inaugural ceremony of some joint projects.
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