Pashinyan will travel to Iran on a visit on February 27. This will be the first visit of Pashinyan to the country.
“Apparently issues concerning the bilateral agenda, regional cooperation and international issues will be discussed”, Israelyan said.
“We have always highlighted Iran’s strategic significance for Armenia. In this context the bilateral cooperation must be rather important for both leaders. I think there will be a clarification of the political agenda, taking into account the Armenian revolution, the developments in Iran, the sanctions against it and other issues”, he said.
Israelyan noted that in terms of politics the Armenian-Iranian relations are on a quite high level, which isn’t reflected similarly in the economy. In 2015, when the Iran nuclear deal was signed, it was expected to boost economic relations with Armenia. But Israelyan argues that major economic projects did not happen and the trade turnover indicators continue being unsatisfactory.
“Meaning, we must be quite active because there are serious prospects for development in different sectors, energy, tourism, transportation, industry and others. The question is that Armenia, our economy and investment opportunities must be maximally presented to Iran’s society, businessmen. For a long time it seems that in Iran they very well know about this all, however, I assure you it isn’t like that. Daily work is required in this direction,” he said.
He highlighted that fact that Armenia has emphasized the modernization of infrastructures. According to him, as long as Armenia hasn’t done sufficient work in this direction, serious progress cannot be recorded in the economy.
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