Khosrov Harutyunyan, the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, former deputy of the RPA faction, believes that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s visit to Iran can be considered successful without the possibility of making a mistake. 

“Although the practical results of the visit will still be thoroughly analyzed in expert circles, today we can already record several remarkable facts from the meeting of the leaders of the two countries, which promise to raise the Armenian-Iranian relations to a new qualitative level. 

For the first time, the president of Iran publicly expressed his desire to participate in the construction of the North-South transport corridor. This is a new, in my opinion, a turning approach not only from the point of view of cooperation between our two countries, but mainly in the sense that Iran (perhaps for the first time in practice) emphasizes the importance it attaches to Armenia’s participation in the formation of regional infrastructure.

Basically, this is a record of the fact that Armenia is no longer just a northern friendly state for Iran, but also a new regional partner of greater importance. Moreover, the agreement reached between the leaders of the countries about connecting the Persian Gulf to the Black Sea through Armenia, increasing the volumes of Iranian gas supplied to Armenia, and moving the Iran-Armenia-Georgia tripartite gas supply, and the quadrilateral electricity exchange programs on practical grounds were determined by the recording of this new role of Armenia for Iran. 

Of course, agreements were also reached regarding mutually beneficial cooperation in other fields, but I think that the most tangible, which will make itself felt already in the medium-term horizon, is the fact that Iran will assign a new, even more important, role to Armenia in the region.

Of course, the reasons for the mentioned shifts in Armenian-Iranian relations need a separate analysis, but one thing is obvious, that this reality is a record of the recognition of the strategic importance of Armenia as a reliable partner, which is certainly a serious geopolitical capital and should be treated with extreme care and circumspection,” wrote Harutyunyan on his Facebook page.