VARDAN OSKANYAN: ENERGY SPHERE STILL HAS SPECIAL PART IN ARMENIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS
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2008-01-09 17:59:00
ArmInfo. Energy sphere still has a special part in the Armenian-Iranian
relations, Foreign Minister of Armenia Vardan Oskanyan said.
The minister called effective the relations with neighboring Iran
in 2007.
‘About 30 mutual visits were made at various levels, some programs
of strategic importance were elaborated’, the minister said.
He also added that the visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
to Armenia in October 2007 had an important part in the development of
bilateral relations. He mentioned that issues of bilateral importance
were discussed in the course of the Iranian president’s visit and
international agreements in various spheres were signed. As regards the
relations of Armenia and Iran in energy sphere, the minister stressed
the importance of the completion of the first section of Iran-Armenia
gas pipeline in March 2007. ‘The second stage of the construction is
underway. Moreover, the construction of the third high-voltage power
transmission line Iran-Armenia was on agenda. Trilateral negotiations
between Armenia, Iran and Russia for construction of an oil-processing
plant are continued. Moreover, the two countries’ energy ministries
signed an agreement on construction of a hydro-power plant on the
near-border River of Araks’, Vardan Oskanyan said.