TEHRAN, YEREVAN TO HOLD JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE MEETING

On Line: 24 October 2012 16:22
In Print: Thursday 25 October 2012

TEHRAN – Iran and Armenia will hold their 11th joint economic committee
meeting on Thursday in the Armenian capital city of Yerevan, IRIB
reported.

Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou, heading a 37-member delegation,
is scheduled to hold talks with Armenian high-ranking officials.

In December 2011, Iranian President Ahmadinejad and his Armenian
counterpart Serzh Sargsyan signed five cooperation agreements and
memorandums of understanding in Yerevan.

Building and operating hydroelectric power plants on Aras River
which runs along the two countries’ border, cooperation between
national standards institutes of the two sides, cooperation in the
social welfare sector, and cooperation in the field of environment
protection were among the agreements.

Armenian Ambassador to Iran Grigor Arakelyan has said that trade
turnover between Tehran and Yerevan grew up by 40 percent, reaching
to $300 million last year.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress