IRAN-ARMENIA KEEN ON STRONG TIES
Press TV, Iran
Oct 4 2007
Iran’s Foreign Minister has held talks with his Armenian counterpart
on the sidelines of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly Summit.
Manouchehr Mottaki and Vartan Oskanian discussed the expansion of
bilateral ties, the recent developments in the south Caucasus Region,
and the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline project.
The two countries’ presidents launched the 141-kilometer-long pipeline
project in March. The Iranian section runs from Tabriz to Iran-Armenia
border and the Armenian section runs from Meghri region to Sardarian.
The preliminary estimates shows that between USD 90m to USD100m has
been allocated to the construction work in Armenia and about USD120m
has been allocated to the pipeline construction activities in Iran.