IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO ARMENIA’S PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN IRAN IN JULY

Noyan Tapan
Jun 14 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 14, NOYAN TAPAN. All programs, on which Armenia and Iran
have reached agreements at top level, are proceeding well. The Armenian
prime minister Serge Sargsian stated this at the June 14 meeting with
the Iranian ambassador to Armenia Alireza Haghighian. He expressed
a hope that the sitting of the Armenian-Iranian intergovernmental
commission to be held in July will become an additional stimulus for
development and strengthening of bilateral economic relations.

A. Haghighian also attached importance to the sitting of the
intergovernmental commission, noting that the Iranian side is seriously
preparing for it. Out of the programs and work to be carried out,
he pointed out the signing of an agreement on free trade regime
between Armenia and Iran, cooperation in the petrochemical sector, the
construction of a hydropower plant on the bank of the Arax River. He
said that electricity generated by the hydropower plant will greatly
promote the development of border areas, while its extra amount will
be exchanged with Iran. According to the ambassador, it is envisaged
to set up a joint commission with the aim of encouraging bilateral
investments. He noted that a big international conference on transit
routes will take place in Tehran in July, during which the importance
of the North-South transport corridor will be discussed as well. In the
words of A. Haghighian, an invitation has been sent to the Armenian
minister of transport and communication, and Armenia’s participation
in this event would be desirable.

According to the RA Government Information and PR Department, at
the request of the Iranian ambassador, Serge Sargsian presented
the latest developments regarding negotiations on setllement of the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict.