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Tehran: Parliament Speaker: Iran, Armenia Can Cooperate to Clean Up Aras River

Iranian Government News
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Parliament Speaker: Iran, Armenia Can Cooperate to Clean Up Aras River



Tehran: The IRIB has issued following news:



Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani underlined that Tehran and
Yerevan should join hands to set up a working group to clean Aras
River.


"Iran and Armenia have long-standing relations and Iran is ready for
cooperation in different fields," Larijani said in a meeting with his
Armenian counterpart Ara Babloya on the sidelines of meeting of
Eurasian parliament speakers in Seoul on Tuesday.

The Iranian parliament speaker reiterated that accelerating
implementation of memoranda of understanding on setting up power
plants and electricity transmission signed earlier can benefit both
sides.

Armenian parliament speaker, for his part, condemned the recent twin
terrorist attacks in Tehran and hailed Larijani’s proposals for
institutionalizing Meeting of Eurasian Parliament Speakers as
appropriate.

He pointed to the two countries' long-standing relations, and said,
"Cleaning Aras River will make us happy."

Babloya said that Iran-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group will be
enacted in the Armenian parliament soon in line with promoting
parliamentary ties between the two legislations.

In relevant remarks earlier in June, Armenian President Serzh
Sargysyan called for expanding all-out relations between Yerevan and
Tehran.

"I am confident that during your tenure in office, the friendly
neighborly Iran will continue to develop upward, bringing its
considerable and important contribution to the regional peace and
stability," President Sargysyan said.

"I am hopeful that through our joint efforts, the traditionally warm
and friendly Armenian-Iranian relations will continue to develop and
strengthen in all areas, registering a qualitatively new level of
cooperation between our peoples," he added.

In late February, Tehran and Yerevan signed an agreement to boost
their cooperation in the field of customs affairs.

The cooperation pact was sealed by Head of Iran's Customs
Administration Massoud Karbasian and Chairman of Armenia's State
Revenue Committee Vardan Harutyunyan in Yerevan.

According to the agreement, the two countries will promote cooperation
on custom regulations, products’ value and classification, enforcing
rules and transportation rules.
Both sides discussed challenges and cross-border trade opportunities
and the ways to foster trade relations

Upon implementation of all provisions of the newly-signed protocol,
all information, requests as well as customs and trade documents
between Iran and Armenia need to be provided in accordance with
national laws of both sides.

As per the agreement, every three months as well as on an annual
basis, the two parties will exchange customs statistics data on
bilateral trade turnover.

The cooperation pact will provide the necessary grounds for
facilitating and expanding trade between Tehran and Yerevan as will
also open a new chapter in trade relations, which will in turn,
elevate bilateral economic ties between the two countries.

Export by Iran to Armenia amounted to $179.103 million in the previous
Iranian calendar year (ended March 21) and Iran’s imports from Armenia
during the same period stood at $20.892 million.

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