ALIREZA HAGHIGHIAN COMPLETES HIS DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
Dec 18 2007

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 18, NOYAN TAPAN. On December 18, receiving
Alireza Haghighian, the Ambassador of Iran to Armenia, completing
his diplomatic mission in Armenia, RA NA Speaker Tigran Torosian
mentioned Ambassador’s great contribution to development of relations
between the two countries. He emphasized that the relations of
traditional friendship received a new quality during the Ambassador’s
tenure. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA NA Public Relations
Department, T. Torosian attached importance to the fact that bases
for implementation of new programs and projects were also created in
these years.

A. Haghighian, highly evaluating the relations of the two countries,
attached importance to them also in the respect of regional peace
and stability. The Ambassador thanked the NA Speaker for parliament’s
assistance to him in the years of working in Armenia, assuring that
he will remain Armenia’s friend.

According to the report of the RA government Information and Public
Relations Department, the same day RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsian
received A. Haghighian. Expressing satisfaction with the considerable
progress registered in the past several years in Armenian-Iranian
relations in political, economic, cultural, and other spheres,
the Prime Minister attached importance to Ambassador’s immediate
contribution to it as well. He thanked the Ambassador for his efforts
aimed at strengthening the relations between the two countries and
peoples. S. Sargsian said that neighboring Iran is a very important
country for Armenia and the Armenian party is ready to continue
and deepen friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation of many
centuries with that country and people.

Holding the same opinion with the RA Prime Minister in the issue of
the current high level and development prospect of Armenian-Iranian
relations, A. Haghighian said that the wish to develop bilateral
relations in all directions is mutual. He expressed confidence that
these relations will continue developing successfully in the future.