IRAN CONSISTENT IN COOPERATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY WITH ARMENIA
PanArmenian News Network
July 19 2005
19.07.2005 06:49
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian today
met with Iranian President’s Special Representative for the Caspian,
head of the CIS Department of the Iranian MFA Mehdi Safari, reported
the Press Service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry. In the course of
the meeting the parties exchanged views on a number of bilateral,
regional and international issues. V. Oskanian appreciated Iran’s
consistent efforts to pursue a balanced policy and provide for
stability in the region. The parties also noted positive trends of
development and intensification of the Armenian-Iranian comprehensive
cooperation. Thereupon the interlocutors specifically discussed
prospects of activation of small and medium scale business, education
and tourism, as well as preservation of cultural values. In the course
of the meeting V. Oskanian presented latest developments in the
Karabakh settlement. In his turn Mehdi Safari thanked for the warm
reception and reaffirmed Iran’s consistent policy for strengthening
and development of cooperation with Armenia. The same day M. Safari
met with Armenian Deputy FM Gegham Gharibjanyan and discussed similar
questions with him in detail.