IRAN PRESIDENT DENIES CUTTING ARMENIA TRIP SHORT
Ontario Now
Oct 23 2007
Canada
Baghdad (EON) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denied
that he cut his visit to Armenia, which had him negotiating in Rome
in regards to the nuclear programs of Iran.
He returned home from Yerevan on Tuesday and stated that "The trip
to Armenia took longer than what was scheduled before."
"The trip was due to last 22 hours but because of some visits, it
became one hour and a half longer than the schedule."
He also stated that the talks went well as the cooperation between
the states and the relationship between the raised quite a bit.
Iran’s new nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili was in Rome for the first
talks in regards to the nuclear standoff with European Union foreign
policy chief Javier Solana.
The president of Armenia’s spokesman Viktor Sogomonian stated that
the Iranian president returned home for "urgent reasons."
All in Iran though are stating that "the Iranian delegation is
returning to Tehran at the planned time."