SERZH SARGSYAN: ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS DYNAMICS DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONS WITH IRAN

ArmInfo
2009-04-14 13:27:00

ArmInfo. Presidents of Armenia and Iran, Serzh Sargsyan and Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad highly appreciated the two countries’ relations at a
meeting in Tehran Monday. S. Sargsyan left on a two-day official
visit to Iran on April 13. The presidential delegation comprises
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Energy and
Natural Resources, Co-chair of the Armenian-Iranian Intergovernmental
Commission Armen Movsisyan, Minister of Transport and Communication
Gurgen Sargsyan, Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, Minister of
Economy Nerses Yeritsyan, parliamentarians, Chairman of the Central
Bank Artur Javadyan, Executive Office of ArmRusgasprom Company Karen
Karapetyan, and other officials.

The presidential press-service reported that the presidents had a
tete a tete and then an enlarged meeting.

The sides expressed satisfaction with the current level of the
political dialogue between the two states and highlighted their
readiness for further extended inter-state relations. The two
presidents agreed that such visits and contacts at the top level
make it possible for the parties to discuss and find solutions to
many tasks on the agenda of the rich Armenian-Iranian relations.

President Sargsyan highlighted the dynamic development of relations
with Iran and considers it a reliable and the most important neighbor
and ‘a friend in hard times’. For his part, President of Iran said
developing sustainable relations with Armenia is one of Iran’s foreign
policy priorities. He came out for preservation and increase of
achievements. The parties underlined that the years-long history of
Armenian- Iranian cooperation helps maintaining peace and stability
in the region. Later Serzh Sargsyan and Iranian Majlis Chairman Ali
Larijani met. The parties highly appreciated the activity of the
Armenian-Iranian deputy group of friendship in developing relations
of the two states and peoples. As regards the programs considered at
the high level, Ali Larijani called them realistic and possible. At
the request of Ali Larijani Serzh Sargsyan presented the anti-crisis
measures of the Armenian Government. The sides touched upon regional
and international issues as well.