IRAN AND ARMENIA TO BUILD JOINT POWER PLANT

Bahrain News Agency, Bahrain
March 20, 2007 Tuesday 8:19 AM EST

Iran and Armenia to build joint power plant march 19, 2007 Tehran,
Mar. 19, (BNA) — Iranian minister of energy Parviz Fatahhis and
his Armenian counterpart, Armen Movsisyan, on Monday, signed a memo
of cooperation to build a joint hydroelectricity-generating station
on the bordering Aras river bank. Both sides stressed the need to
develop cooperation between both countries during the signing of
the memo which came on the sidelines of Iranian president Mahmoud
Ahmadinejads visit to Armenias Nurdouz region on the border with Iran
to open the Iranian gas pipeline to Armenia, Mehr news agency said.