MICHAEL HARUTUNYAN RECEIVED IRAN AMBASSADOR

Panorama.am
21:13 05/02/2008

Today Michael Harutyunyan received the new nominated Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran Seyed Ali Saghayian and
General Bijan Hamzeil Hashamei. The information is provided by the
press secretary of the Ministry of Defense Seyran Shahsuvaryan.

First the minister of defense congratulated the Ambassador for his
new position and said that hopefully Armenian relations with Iran
would be developed and strengthened during his appointment. He wished
the Ambassador peaceful fulfillment of his diplomatic mission in
Armenia. The sides agreed on the point that the military cooperation
between the two countries should be strengthened.

M. Harutyunyan also spoke about the trade relations between the two
countries. The sides expressed their hope that the trust gained within
the century should be powerful enough to create strong relations.

In the end of the labor meeting the sides talked also about the
security questions in the region and notified the peaceful regulation
of the NKR question.