ARMENIA WANTS BROADER IRAN TIES

PRESS TV
Dec 4 2008
Iran

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian has said that Armenia is
keen to improve and broaden the scope of its relations with Iran.

He was discussing upgrading of these bilateral relations in a
meeting with a delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (EBRD) in Yerevan.

Sarkisian asserted that Iran provided a crucial route for export of
goods to Armenia from other countries in the past four months. The
transit of goods to Armenia from Russia was blocked as aresult of
the Georgia-Russia conflict over Georgia’s South Ossetia breakaway
province.

"Armenia is willing to improve its relations with all its neighboring
countries," Novosti-Armenia news agency cited Sarkisian as saying.

The prime minister also expressed hope that the Azerbaijan-Armenia
ongoing dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region will be resolved
through dialogue.

EBRD has granted more than 100 million euros to the public and private
sector in Armenia and is set to grant another 60 million euros to
Armenia next year.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress