Tehran Times, Iran
June 19 2009

Armenian FM congratulates President Ahmadinejad on re-election

MOSCOW (IRNA) ` Armenian Foreign Minister, Edward Nalbandian, on
Friday congratulated President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his landslide
victory in the 10th President Elections, held in Iran and overseas on
June 12.

In a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Yerevan, Ali Saqaian, in
Yerevan on Friday, Nalbandian hoped that Tehran-Yerevan ties will
expand in all dimensions.

Saqaian in turn informed the Armenian top diplomat of a visit to Iran
by an Armenian ranking parliamentary delegation, headed by Armenian
Speaker Hovik Abrahamian, next week and stressed expansion of mutual
cooperation.

The two sides in the meeting discussed host of issues relevant to
bilateral ties, regional developments and Karabakh enclave dispute as
well as recent meeting of Armenian and Azeri Presidents.