“Dear Mr. President,
Dear colleagues,
I am happy to welcome you in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, after our very impressive visit this year in February. The relations between our countries have been good and remain so until today, and our position is that our relations with Iran should be out of geopolitical influences as much as possible because we are direct neighbors and have many common interests, and should cooperate for centuries and millennia”, the Armenian PM said.
Pashinyan said this is the Iranian President’s first visit to Armenia after the recent political changes in the country, adding that Armenia attaches great importance to the relations with the neighbor and friendly countries. Both sides highlighted the sessions of the bilateral inter-governmental commission which are being held regularly, as a result of which agreements aimed at developing the economic ties are being reached.
PM Pashinyan said Armenia highly appreciates Iran’s balanced position on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
In his turn the Iranian President thanked the Armenian PM for the warm welcome. “We attach great importance to the development and expansion of the relations with Armenia in all sectors, as a friend and a neighbor. We are ready to continue the works with your government to develop and implement new programs, expand the volumes of gas for electricity project. At the same time we are ready to implement energy production projects in Armenia via gas, wind and sun. We are interested in conducting regional projects in energy sector and developing infrastructures”, the Iranian President said, adding that the Iranian side is interested in t...
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