Arka News Agency, Armenia
March 26 2007

IRAN’S AMBASSADOR IN ARMENIA EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES BECAUSE OF PM’S
DECEASE

YEREVAN, March 26. /ARKA/. Iran’s Ambassador to Armenia Alireza
Hagigian expressed condolences because of decease of Armenian Prime
Minister Andranik Margaryan, reported the Iranian Embassy’s press
service.
"In connection with the decease of Armenia’s Prime Minister Andranik
Margaryan I sympathize with friendly Armenian people and country’s
Government, as well as with the family of the deceased expressing
deep regret about the untimely loss of the prominent statesman," the
condolences said.
Hagigian said that during Margaryan’s holding the PM’s office,
friendly relations between Armenia and Iran significantly activated.
"The deceased Prime Minister’s kind feelings and good will were the
main motive forces for enlarging and deepening these relations," he
said.
Armenian Prime Minister, Chairman of the Republican Party Andranik
Margaryan died from heart attack at the age of 55 on March 25. L.M.
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