[Armenian News note: the below is translated from Persian]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been invited to attend the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Summit in the Armenian capital Yerevan due to be convened on 1 October, the president's website report on 10 July.
According to the report, he was invited in course of a telephone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Armenia has the term presidency of EAEU until 31 December 2019.
During the conversation, Rouhani expressed satisfaction over agreements between Iran and five Eurasian countries. He added that the implementation of the agreements would boost economic and trade cooperation between Iran and Eurasian states.
The Iranian parliament on 10 June ratified an agreement that allows the government to join a free trade zone with the EAEU countries.
According to the president's website, Pashinyan said: "Armenia seriously pursues the implementation of the agreements made between the two countries."
Referring to his country's presidency of the EAEU, he said: "The agreement of forming free trade zone between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the EAEU member states has been approved by the parliaments and is ready to be implemented."
The EAEU comprises the five nations of Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan.