BRIEFING OF MR. TIGRAN TOROSYAN, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA WITH THE JOURNALISTS

National Assembly of RA, Armenia
Oct 24 2007

Question "Mr. Tigran Torosyan how do you comment on IRI president’s
unexpected interruption of his visit?"

President of the National Assembly "In such cases simply necessity
rises for the president to be in his country at the present
moment. Similar situations usually are the results of those cases."

Question "Mr. Tigran Torosyan, do you know what is the situation in
the Islamic Republic of Iran?"

President of the National Assembly "Naturally, such an issue was not
discussed with the representatives of IRI, and it is not acceptable
to discuss such issues, moreover that the invitation of the visit
was not from the National Assembly.

We met with Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the morning, after that the
president of the Islamic Republic of Iran should have to leave for
his country."

Question "Mr. Tigran Torosyan, what issues have you discussed?"

President of the National Assembly "I think it is easy to suppose,
first, the results of the visit and second, what prospects are there
for the development of bilateral relations, third, the necessity
of deepening the inter-parliamentary ties for the support of the
development of bilateral relations. Also we have briefly discussed
several issues connected with the visit of the Parliament President
of the Islamic Republic of Iran related to the visit to Tehran."

Question "Mr. Tigran Torosyan, what can you tell us about the mood
of the IRI President?"

Question "Mr. Tigran Torosyan, how has IRI president assessed the
visit to Armenia?"

President of the National Assembly "It was very good, and the
assessment – very productive."

Question "Mr. Tigran Torosyan will you visit the Islamic Republic of
Iran in the nearest future?"

President of the National Assembly "Yes, the President of the Islamic
Republic of Iran invited to visit the Islamic Republic of Iran up
till the end of the year."