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YEREVAN, JULY 24, ARMENPRESS. On July 24, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi received Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Tehran.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from MFA Armenia, it was noted with satisfaction that a high-level political dialogue was formed between the two friendly and neighboring countries, based on mutual respect and the thousand-year-old brotherhood of the two peoples.

Issues related to Armenian-Iranian multi-sectoral cooperation were discussed during the meeting. The sides exchanged thoughts on implementing the ambitious bilateral agenda, on the implementation process of agreements reached at a high level. In this context, the importance of the implementation of current and planned joint projects between the two countries in the trade, economic, energy and transport sectors was particularly emphasized.

As a continuation of the discussion held on the same day at the level of foreign ministers, the focus of attention of Ararat Mirzoyan and Ebrahim Raisi was also the issues related to regional security. Minister Mirzoyan presented to the President of Iran the latest developments in the process of normalization of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations, as well as reaffirmed the vision of the Armenian side regarding the establishment of lasting peace in the South Caucasus. The need to exclude problem solving through the use of force or the threat of force, and maximalist and hostile rhetoric was emphasized.

Referring to the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno Karabakh as a result of the illegal blocking of the Lachin Corridor, Ararat Mirzoyan stressed the imperative to immediately remove the blockade and prevent the ethnic cleansing of the Nagorno Karabakh population by Azerbaijan.