MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD CUTS SHORT VISIT TO ARMENIA

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Oct 23 2007

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cut short a visit to
neighboring Armenia on Tuesday to return to Tehran, APA reports
quoting Novosti-Armenia Agency.

Armenian Parliament stated that Ahmadinejad’s decision was prompted
by "unexpected developments in Iran". Mr. Ahmadinejad was due to
visit the memorial of victims of what Teheran describes as genocide
of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915, visit mosque in Yerevan
and address the national parliament. But none of them occurred.

Armenian president’s spokesman Victor Sogomonyan stated that cutting
visit short will not impact quality of the negotiations carried out
between the two countries and implementation of the agreements.

The delegation led by Iranian President paid official visit to Armenia
yesterday. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had one on one meeting with Armenian
President Robert Kocharyan, then the negotiations continued with the
participation of delegations. Following this, Mr. Ahmadinejad gave a
lecture in Yerevan State University. Source in Iranian Foreign Ministry
confirmed return of the President, but did not give information about
cause of it.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress