YEREVAN ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO TIES WITH IRAN, SAYS ARMENIAN MINISTER

IRNA, Iran
Feb 28 2007

Tehran, Feb 28, (IRNA) Visiting Armenian Energy Minister Armen
Movsisyan said here Tuesday evening that Yerevan attaches great
importance to its ties with Tehran.

During a meeting with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, he
underscored the need for further expansion of the wide-ranging
cooperation between the two countries.

Voicing his country’s readiness to boost bilateral ties in the
industrial and agricultural fields and in trade, he urged upgrading
of the current level of Iran-Armenia economic exchanges.

Mottaki, for his part, urged strengthening of the amicable and
historical ties between the two countries.

He further called for expansion of bilateral relations in the fields
of energy, gas and electrical power.