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Iran, Armenia Confer on Ways to Facilitate Trade Ties




Tehran: The IRIB has issued following news:



High-ranking Iranian and Armenian economic officials in a meeting in
Yerevan discussed ways to remove obstacles on the way of trade
relations between the two countries, reaching an agreement to set up a
joint economic workgroup.


The Wednesday afternoon meeting was held between Iranian Deputy
Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mojtaba Khosrotaj and Armenian
Deputy Minister of Economic Development Hovannes Azizian.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed and considered spheres of
cooperation and ways to facilitate expansion of economic and
industrial ties between Iran and Armenia.
Khosrotaj pointed to a number of problems facing the businesspersons
of the two countries, and underlined reciprocal efforts of officials
to remove the obstacles by formation of a joint working group.

Azizian, for his part, welcomed the proposal, and stressed the
necessity for planning to reach goals of development of cooperation
programs with Iran.

In a relevant development on Tuesday, Khosrotaj and Armenian Economy
Minister Suren Karayan explored avenues for bolstering and
reinvigorating bilateral relations.
The two sides also discussed the implementation of the agreements in
various fields.

The recent visit by President Rouhani to Armenia and his negotiations
with Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan, paved the grounds for
expanding cooperation between the two countries.

Armenia as the only Eurasian Economic Union member state which has
land border with Iran, together with Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and
Kyrgyzstan has planned to create a free trade zone.