BINDING AHMADINEJAD’S DEPARTURE WITH SARGSYAN’S U.S. VISIT STUPID

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.10.2007 17:05 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Sometimes domestic circumstances demand presence of
the President. The agenda of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s
visit was reconsidered by this reason, RA National Assembly Speaker
Tigran Torosian told reporters today.

According to him, suppositions that Mr Ahmadinejad left Armenia over
unwillingness to attend the memorial to Armenian Genocide victims are
illogical. During yesterday’s meeting with YSU students the Iranian
leader represented his standpoint on the issue," the Speaker said.

"They could also presume that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn’t respect
Islam, since he didn’t attend Blue Mosque in Yerevan," he noted.

The Armenian Speaker described journalists’ suppositions that Mr
Ahmadinejad’s departure was conditioned by RA Prime Minister Serge
Sargsyan’s visit to the United States as "masochistic and stupid."

Mr Torosian also informed that he accepted the invitation of his
Iranian counterpart and will visit Iran till the yearend, IA Regnum
reports.

A new round of the EU-Iran talks has opened in Rome today. The
Iranian delegation is led by Saeed Jalili, who is close to President
Ahmadinejad and is considered a hard-line diplomat.

As reported earlier, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad interrupted
his formal visit to Armenia and returned to Tehran. Informal sources
said the schedule was changed over unforeseeable consequences in Iran.

Mr Ahmadinejad was expected to attend the Memorial Complex to Armenian
Genocide victims and Blue Mosque in Yerevan. He was also scheduled
to address the RA National Assembly.

"Today’s program was cancelled and the Iranian leader is departing
for Tehran," the RA President’s press office said.