MOTTAKI: IRAN, ARMENIA, TURKEY, AND AZERBAIJAN ARE KEY REGIONAL STATES

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.07.2008 16:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has
underscored the importance of peace initiatives brought up at the
Non-Aligned Movement conference.

"New ideas about peace, the prevention of war and the economic
development of member countries are introduced during NAM gatherings,"
Mottaki said in a Wednesday meeting with Armenian Deputy Foreign
Minister Gegham Gharibjanian.

"These ideas can be very important for the international community,"
he added.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 15th Foreign Ministerial
Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran which has brought
together representatives from over 110 member countries and officials
from several other observer countries, such as Armenia.

During the meeting, Mottaki also described Iran, Armenia, Turkey, and
Azerbaijan as key regional states, while Gharibjanian thanked Iran
for its efforts to have three historic Iranian churches included on
the UNESCO World Heritage List, PRESS TV Iran reports.