Islamic Republic News Agency website
Dec 14 2008
Iran calls for expansion of ties with Armenia
Tehran, 14 December: Visiting Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural
Resources Armen Movsisyan conferred on Sunday [14 December] with
Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki on expansion of cooperation between
the two countries.
Movsisyan is also the Armenian head of Iran-Armenia Economic
Commission which is to meet in Tehran.
At the meeting, Mottaki expressed satisfaction with the termination of
military conflicts in Ossetia noting that its aftermath will not harm
Armenia anymore. He added that Iran and Armenia are true friends
through hardship and happiness.
On construction of oil and gas refinery, laying pipelines and
construction of power plants and dams, Mottaki said that Tehran
welcomes any projects the help improve the living standards of the
people of border areas and will spare no efforts to help implement
development and industrial projects in Armenia.
Rendering more financial facilities for Iranian businessmen along with
improving the methods for transit of Iranian-made goods to Armenia and
the Caucasus would be vital for expansion of economic cooperation
between the two countries.
The Armenian minister, for his part, expressed satisfaction with the
current level of relations between the two countries and expressed the
hope that with the launching of Armenian consulate in Tabriz,
cooperation between the two countries businessmen and industrialists
will expand.