ARMENIA: NUCLEAR ENERGY, IRAN’S RIGHT
PRESS TV, Iran
April 27 2007
Armenian President, Robert Kocharian says Iran like other countries
in the world has the right to benefit from nuclear technology.
Kocharian told a gathering of university students in the Armenian
capital Yerevan on Friday that boosting relations with Iran had great
significance to Armenia.
"Iran is Armenia’s link to the outside world and energy."
Elsewhere in his speech, Kocharian expressed dissatisfaction with the
outcome of meetings between Armenian and Azeri prime ministers. He
added that he would be holding direct talks with Azerbaijan’s president
on the sidelines of the Karabakh peace talks scheduled to take place
on June 10, 2007.
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian met with his Azeri
counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Belgrade last week to discuss the
draft resolution proposed to settle the conflict.
The withdrawal of Armenian forces from occupied Azeri territories,
the refugee situation of the displaced from the Karabakh war, and
the referendum due to decide the faith of the region are parts of
the Karabakh draft resolution aimed at settling the situation in
the region.