Mehr News Agency (MNA), Iran Saturday Rouhani felicitates Armenian President, PM on Independence Day TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – In separate messages to President and Prime Minister of Armenia, President Rouhani congratulated Independence Day of Armenia. Felicitating the Independence Day, the Iranian President expressed hope that Tehran-Yerevan relations would further deepen in all fields, regarding the common cultural and historical bonds between the two countries. "I hope that with the positive developments in the new Armenian government, relations between the two countries further develop," he wrote. On September 21, 1991, the Armenian people voted in a referendum to proclaim independence from the Soviet Union, around one year after Supreme Council adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Armenia and established the Republic of Armenia.
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