IRAN, ARMENIA INK 10 AGREEMENTS: REPORT

Xinhua General News Service
November 24, 2008 Monday 1:29 AM EST
China

The Armanian Secretary of the National Security Council Arthur
Baghdasaryan told reporters here on Monday that Iran and Armenia
inked ten agreements on security, political and economic cooperation,
the official IRNA news agency reported.

Baghdasaryan said his talks with the Iranian officials were
" fruitful" and referred to his talks with the Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as "promising."

During talking with his Iranian counterpart Saeed Jalili, he said that
Armenia supports Iran’s "civilian nuclear program," said the report.

Admiring Iran’s positions on the region’s critical issues, Baghdasaryan
called for Iran to actively cooperate in Caucasus security issues.

Caucasus suffers the two unsettled conflict between Armenia and
Azerbaijan on the one hand and Russia and Georgia on the other.

Iran, not as an active player, has made several attempts to have a
role in the region’s basic issue.

"Iran’s basic policy seeks practical support for promoting regional
peace and preventing crisis," Jalili said, adding that " cross-regional
forces’ interference only creates crisis and regional issues need to
be settled only by regional countries."

In the meantime, Jalili said that "Tehran and Yerevan enjoy
longstanding historical and friendly ties. Therefore, they can develop
those ties."

Baghdasaryan arrived in Tehran on Sunday and was formally received
by his Iranian counterpart.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress