Necessity Of Bringing Armenian-Iranian Relations On Strategic Level

NECESSITY OF BRINGING ARMENIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS ON STRATEGIC LEVEL UNDERSCORED

ARMENPRESS
Dec 23, 2008

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS: Secretary General of Armenian
National Security Council Arthur Baghdasarian received today the
delegation headed by the deputy secretary of Iranian Supreme Security
Council Ali Bagheri who paid a three-day visit to Armenia within the
frameworks of the arrangements reached during Baghdasarian’s visit
to Iran.

Press service of the Armenian National Security Council told Armenpress
that during the meeting the sides discussed a wide-range of issues
on bilateral relations, pointed out the necessity of viewing them in
regional and international pre-context as well. The sides agreed that
the two countries have great potential for cooperation.

They also discussed Tehran’s participation in the construction of
Armenia-Iran railway, oil pipeline, Yerevan-Batumi highway. The sides
pointed out the necessity of bringing Armenian-Iranian relations into
a strategic level.

A. Baghdasarian and A. Bagheri underscored the implementation of
the practical steps for bringing to life the reached agreements and
noted that special committee which is being formed between Armenian
and Iranian security councils may greatly promote it.

A. Baghdasarian invited his Iranian counterpart to pay an official
visit to Armenia. The visit will take place in 2009.