Armenia, Iran cooperate chiefly in economy – Armenian premier

Arminfo
27 Apr 07

Yerevan, 27 April: Armenia limits its relations with Iran to
consultations only in terms of security, Armenian Prime Minister
Serzh Sargsyan has said in an interview with the [Russian newspaper]
Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

He said that Iran is a very important country for Armenia. If we recall
the situation in the 1990s when the situation in Georgia was unstable,
it was through Iran that Armenia was receiving large transportation
shipments. "We have constructed a natural gas pipeline from Iran now;
under the conditions in which energy-poor Armenia is, it is the only
way out. We are intensifying cooperation in the electricity sector. The
thing is that Armenia is the only country in the region that has an
electricity surplus. We have a nuclear power plant the technology
of which does not allow for a sharp decrease or increase in power
generation. That is why we supply extra power generated at nights to
Iran. We gladly establish economic contacts with Iran," he said.