ARMENIAN ENERGY MINISTER MEETS DEPUTY IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER

IRNA
Aug 18 2008
Iran

Tehran, 18 August: Visiting Armenian Energy and Natural Resources
Minister and Armenian head of Iran-Armenia Cooperation Council Armen
Movsisyan here Monday [18 August] met and conferred with Iran’s Deputy
Foreign Minister caretaker of Foreign Ministry’s Middle East and CIS
Affairs Office Ali Reza Sheykh-Attar.

According to the Information and Media Head Office of the Foreign
Ministry, during the meeting in the presence of the Deputy Armenian
Foreign Minister Qarib Janain, the two sides reviewed bilateral ties,
as well as the Caucasus region’s recent developments.

Sheykh-Attar in the meeting referred to the depth and wide span of
the bilateral ties, emphasizing that the two countries’ relations
are still in need of further development.

Movsisyan, too, stressed that Yerevan’s determination for expansion of
its level of cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran in various
fields is quite strong, reiterating, "Iran’s role in the region
is quite significant and your country enjoys a unique geographical
status."