Armenia and Iran interested in deepening economic cooperation
armradio.am
06.05.2008 16:39
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seid Ali Saghaian.
Issued related to expanding the Armenian-Iranian cooperation in
different spheres, implementation of new programs were discussed.
`The Islamic Republic of Iran fully supports the newly elected
President of Armenia and the Government led by you in all the
directions that have been proclaimed a priority in the new Government
Program,’ Seid Ali Aaghaian underlined.
The parties attached importance to encouraging investments,
intensification of communication between businessmen, ensuring a
favorable environment for their activity.
The Armenian Prime Minister and the Iranian Ambassador stressed the
importance of founding Consulates in Tabriz and Kapan, an agreement on
which has already been reached.
The interlocutors turned to the issue of preparing the recurrent
sitting of the Armenian-Iranian Intergovernmental Cooperation
Commission to be held in summer of the current year.
`We are interested in and will do our best to deepen the economic
cooperation with neighboring Iran and to raise it to a qualitatively
new level, which derives from the interests of our peoples. On one
hand, it will increase the security of our countries and peoples, on
the other hand, it will encourage economic growth,’ Tigran Sargsyan
said.