Mottaki: Iran, Armenia are true friends

Tehran, Dec 14, IRNA

Iran-Armenia-Mottaki

Visiting Armenian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen
Movsisian conferred on Sunday with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki
on expansion of cooperation between the two countries.

Movsisian 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.