RA PRESIDENT PAYS TWO DAYS WORKING VISIT TO ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
By Nana Petrosian

AZG Armenian Daily
06/07/2006

RA President Robert Kocharian is currently paying a two days’
working visit to the Islamic republic of Iran. The delegation of
the Armenian statesmen includes RA Foreign and Energy Ministers,
Head of RA President’s Staff, RA Ambassador to Iran and other high
ranked officials. The sides will hold various meetings and sign
documents. After the meeting, RA President Robert Kocharian and Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a press conference. President
visited the memorial of Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei, Supreme leader
of the Iranian people, and laid a wreath on his grave.

It’s worth mentioning that in the preparation stage of the meeting
Armen Movsisian, RA Energy Minister, met with Vazir Khamanei, Iranian
Oil Minister, and Parviz Fattahi, Iranian Energy Minister, to prepare
the July 5-6 meeting of RA President Robert Kocharian. At the meeting
the sides discussed a number of issues on energy cooperation included
in the agenda of the coming Presidential meeting. In particular, the
sides touched upon the construction of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline,
as well as other projects for energy cooperation. In his turn,
Arman Kirakosian, RA Deputy Foreign Minister, met with Manouchekhr
Mottaki, Iranian Foreign Minister. In the course of the meeting the
sides touched upon the organization issues for the coming visit of
RA President. They also dwelt on the regional political-economic
cooperation, as well as the implementation of the agreements
signed by the Armenian-Iranian inter-parliamentary commission for
cooperation. Iranian FM represented the current situation around
the nuclear program of Iran and inquired about the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict settlement process.