Hojjatollah Abdolmaleki held a telephone conversation with his Armenian counterpart Narek Mkrtchyan on Wednesday.

Highlighting Iran’s focus on the promotion of economic diplomacy, Abdolmaleki said Tehran has devised plans to boost trade exchanges and investment projects with the neighboring countries.

He also expressed Iran’s readiness to share experiences with Armenia in various fields, such as technical and vocational training programs.

Over one million people in 13,000 centers receive technical and vocational training across Iran every year, the minister noted, describing it as an opportunity to exchange skilled labor force with Armenia.

Describing Armenia as an important and strategic country in Iran’s economic diplomacy agenda, Abdolmaleki called for efforts to implement the previous agreements between the two countries and devise plans for closer cooperation in future.

For his part, Mkrtchyan hailed Iran's strategic view on the development of trade with the neighboring states.

Armenia is also ready to set up joint technical and vocational schools and benefit from Iran’s technical experiences, he said.

Mkrtchyan also stated that Armenia can pave the way for cooperation in the form of new memorandums of understanding and benefit from the experiences of social service centers in Iran.