IRAN IS CONTENT WITH THE ARMENIAN STEADINESS

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[07:27 pm] 28 November, 2006

Today RA Prime Minster Andranik Margaryan received Mohamed Reza
Eskandar, Minster of Agriculture of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The two parties referred to the enhancement of bilateral economic
relations highlighting the cooperation in the energy and transportation
fields, the construction of the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline and the
hydropower station on the river Araks, the opening of the Iran-Armenia
alternative road which will facilitate the transportation of goods
and will make Armenia more attractive for South-Northern transits.

They also referred to the preliminary phase of the Iran-Armenia
railway construction, to the enlargement of ties between the two
countries and to a number of joint projects in various spheres.

The Iranian minister thanked the RA government in the name of Iran
for the steadiness and balanced stance towards Iran which Armenia
displays in international institutions.