ROBERT KOCHARIAN MEETS WITH IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MANOUCHEHR MOTTAKI ON JANUARY 20 IN TEHRAN

Noyan Tapan
Jan 21, 2010

YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. Former RA President Robert Kocharian
met with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on January 20 in
Tehran. According to the Tehran Times daily newspaper, issues related
to the bilateral relations and regional developments were discussed
at the meeting. R. Kocharian declared that Armenia is ready to expand
cooperation with Iran. It was reported that at the meeting R.

Kocharian also spoke about the necessity of being guided by regional
approaches in the issue of security and economic development in the
region saying that "the recipes of foreign states of settling the
crises in the Caucasus are harmful."

In response to news.am’s question of who empowered R. Kocharian to
come up on behalf of Armenia head of the RA Foreign Ministry Press
Service Tigran Balayan advised to ask it at R. Kocharian’s office. And
head of second President’s office Viktor Soghomonian confirming that
indeed such a meeting took place meanwhile mentioned that he was not
present at that meeting and is not able to say whether R. Kocharian
made statements on behalf of Armenia.