ARMENIAN FM: ARMENIA-IRAN RELATIONS DEEPENING DAY BY DAY

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2007-10-25 14:11:00

ArmInfo. The relations of Armenia and Iran are deepening day by day,
Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan said at a press conference,
Thursday.

Commenting on the recent visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
to Yerevan, the minister called it comprehensive. ‘Our relations with
Iran are deepening day by day. The projects implemented, starting from
the gas pipeline up to the possible construction of oil processing
plant and Armenia-Iran railway, are of both bilateral and regional
importance,’ the minister said. He also added that the last two
programs are currently discussed. ‘It is necessary to carry serious
economic calculations. However, these topics are on the agenda, which
testifies to their strategic importance,’ Vardan Oskanyan said. The
minister also added that the increase of trade turnover was also
discussed during the visit of the Iranian president to Armenia. ‘Thus,
I think we will become witnesses of both successful completion of the
started projects and beginning of new ones within the nearest future,’
Minister Oskanyan said.

Asked about the differences in the explanation of Armenian and
Iranian parties why President Amadinejad cut short the visit to
Armenia, Minister Oskanyan said Mass Media has complicated the
issue. The minister sees nothing extraordinary in the change of
the visit program. He said the Armenian delegation also sometimes
cuts short its visit to foreign countries. He also added that only
the protocolar part of the visit was cut, which did not affect the
content of the negotiations. To recall, the visits to the Armenian
Genocide Memorial, the local Iranian mosque, and to the Parliament
of Armenia were cut from the visit program of the Iranian president.