ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN TEHRAN FOR TWO-DAY VISIT
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
July 5, 2006 Wednesday 9:13 AM EST
Armenian President Robert Kocharian arrived in Tehran Wednesday to
hold talks on Iran’s natural gas supply to Armenia.
Kocharian will hold talks with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad during the two-day-visit.
Apart from discussions on gas supply, agreements are expected to be
signed in areas including customs, road building, science, education,
culture and environment.
Kocharian will also meet officials of the Armenian society in Iran.
There are about 200,000 Armenians living in Iran.
In 2000, Iran and Armenia started building a 124-million-dollar gas
pipeline – 100 kilometres in Iran and 41 in Armenia – capable of
carrying 1.5 million cubic metres of gas per day from Iran to Armenia.
Tehran and Yerevan also have – together with Greece – a tripartite
military accord which is regarded very critically by Armenia’s arch-foe
Azerbaijan and its main ally Turkey.
The two countries established diplomatic ties in 1992 and Tehran
considers Yerevan to be one of the most advanced technological members
of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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