ARMENIA INTENDS TO STRENGTHEN AND DEEPEN RELATIONS WITH IRAN FOR EVEN MORE
Noyan Tapan
Jan 24, 2008
YEREVAN, JANUARY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia highly estimates the
process of development of Armenian-Iranian relations and intends
to strengthen and to deepen bilateral relations with Iran for even
more. RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian said on January 23, when
receiving the copy of the credentials of Seid Ali Saghaian, the newly
appointed Ambassador of Iran to Armenia. Greeting the Ambassador,
the Foreign Minister wished him success in the fulfilment of his
high mission and mentioned that Armenia attaches importance to close
cooperation between the two countries both within the framework of
bilateral relations and international organizations.
According to the report provided to Noyan Tapan by the RA Foreign
Ministry Press and Information Department, during the conversation
the Ambassador assured that he will do his best to strengthen the
bilateral relations.
Seid Ali Saghaian was born in 1957 in Tehran, received pedagogical
education. In 1985 he worked as an expert at IRI Foreign Ministry
Consular Department, in 1986 he was the Deputy Head of the Passport
and Visa Department of the IRI Foreign Ministry. In 1987-1989 he
took the post of the Head of the Passport and Visa Department of
the IRI Foreign Ministry, in 1989-1993 he was IRI Consul General in
Karachi. In 1993 he was the Head of the Public Relations Department
of the IRI Foreign Ministry, in 1993-1998 the Deputy Head of the IRI
Foreign Ministry Protocol General Department. In 1996-1997 he assumed
the commissions of the IRI Charge d’Affaires in Argentina. In 1998-2002
he was IRI Ambasssador in Tanzania and pluralistically in Malavia. In
2002-2005 he worked as the Head of the IRI Foreign Ministry Foreign
Representations Department. In 2005-2007 he assumed the post of the
Head of the Protocol General Department of IRI Foreign Ministry. He
masters the English and Arab languages.