ARMENIAN-IRANIAN COOPERATION PROCEEDS FROM THE WHOLE REGION’S INTERESTS
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.12.2006 17:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ During the last visit to Iran Armenian Foreign
Minister Vartan Oskanian met with his Iranian counterpart Manoucher
Mottaki , the RA MFA press office reports. During the meeting
the interlocutors mentioned that after Armenian President Robert
Kocharian’s July visit to Iran all the agreements, particularly the
programs on Iran-Armenia gas pipeline, the second high voltage power
transmission line and alternative highway construction works are
being fulfilled consistently. Also were touched issues of widening
the cooperation in energy sphere. Alongside a number of regional
and bilateral issues were discussed. The two sides expressed
their satisfaction with active development of relations, bilateral
contacts in various levels. Stressing the importance of bilateral
intergovernmental commission work, Vartan Oskanian and Manoucher
Mottaki touched upon the existing trade-economic relations. It was
underlined that the many-sided cooperation between Armenia and
Iran proceeds from the interests not only of the two countries,
but also of whole region. In this context the sides particularly
underlined the work of North-South corridor. The interlocutors also
discussed the issue of deepening the cooperation in international
organizations. Vartan Oskanian informed his Iranian counterpart on
the last developments of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress