Sputnik News Service, Russia Saturday 12:05 AM UTC Yerevan-Tehran Cooperation Poses No Setback for Ties Between Armenia, Israel - Nalbandian YEREVAN, November 11 (Sputnik) - The cooperation between Yerevan and Tehran poses no obstacles to the bilateral relations between Armenia and Israel, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said. "I don’t think this is an obstacle in our bilateral relations with Israel as the relations of Israel with any neighbouring country of Armenia is not an obstacle," Nalbandian said in an interview with the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, issued on the Foreign Ministry's website. Nalbandian added that Iran and Armenia have established good relations and cooperate in multiple areas. Commenting on the issue of reciprocal opening of embassies by Israel and Armenia, the foreign minister said that Yerevan would immediately follow Israel's example. "Our position was very clear: as soon as Israel will open an embassy in Armenia, we will reciprocate and open an Embassy in Israel," Nalbandian told the broadcaster. On November 6-7, Nalbandian paid an official visit to Israel at the invitation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The relations between Israel and Iran have been strained since the Iranian Revolution in the late 1970s. The ties are overshadowed by a number of issues, including Tehran's nuclear and missile programs accompanied by controversial anti-Israeli statements made by high-ranking Iranian officials, such as former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.