Iran, Armenia sign seven cooperation agreements and a statement
IRNA, Iran
Sept 8 2004
Yerevan, Sept 8, IRNA -- Iranian and Armenian economic delegations,
in the presence of President Mohammad Khatami and President Robert
Kocharian, here Wednesday signed seven agreements on energy cooperation
as well a statement.
The first contract, signed by the two countries` presidents,
envision mutual cooperation and relations as well as the prospects
of cooperation in various fields.
The Iranian and Armenian ministers of energy signed a document on
energy cooperation.
The other contracts are related to mutual cooperation in the fields
of power supply, construction of a wind farm in Armenia, procedure
for customs agreement, financing the laying of a 40 kilometer gas
pipeline and the third power transmission line in Armenia.
Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and Armenian Sabir Co.,
are scheduled to finance laying of the gas pipeline in Armenia.
An executive document on partly construction of a gas pipeline,
a contract on mutual cultural exchange in the 2004-2007 period and
the protocol of the fifth Iran-Armenia Joint Economic Commission are
among the agreements inked by the two countries.
In the protocol on the fifth Iran-Armenia Joint Economic Commission,
the two sides agreed to cooperate in fields of transportation, energy,
communication, agriculture and border trade. At the invitation
of his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharian, President Mohammad
Khatami arrived in Yerevan on Wednesday morning on the first leg of
a three-nation regional tour.
The Republic of Armenia is situated in south-west Transcaucasia,
on the north-eastern border of Turkey. Its other borders are with
Iran to the south, Azerbaijan to the east and Georgia to the north.
The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, an Azerbaijani territory, is
situated to the south, separated from the remainder of Azerbaijan by
Armenian territory.
Located in an area of 29,800 sq km, Armenia is the smallest republic
in the former Soviet Union.
IRNA, Iran
Sept 8 2004
Yerevan, Sept 8, IRNA -- Iranian and Armenian economic delegations,
in the presence of President Mohammad Khatami and President Robert
Kocharian, here Wednesday signed seven agreements on energy cooperation
as well a statement.
The first contract, signed by the two countries` presidents,
envision mutual cooperation and relations as well as the prospects
of cooperation in various fields.
The Iranian and Armenian ministers of energy signed a document on
energy cooperation.
The other contracts are related to mutual cooperation in the fields
of power supply, construction of a wind farm in Armenia, procedure
for customs agreement, financing the laying of a 40 kilometer gas
pipeline and the third power transmission line in Armenia.
Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and Armenian Sabir Co.,
are scheduled to finance laying of the gas pipeline in Armenia.
An executive document on partly construction of a gas pipeline,
a contract on mutual cultural exchange in the 2004-2007 period and
the protocol of the fifth Iran-Armenia Joint Economic Commission are
among the agreements inked by the two countries.
In the protocol on the fifth Iran-Armenia Joint Economic Commission,
the two sides agreed to cooperate in fields of transportation, energy,
communication, agriculture and border trade. At the invitation
of his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharian, President Mohammad
Khatami arrived in Yerevan on Wednesday morning on the first leg of
a three-nation regional tour.
The Republic of Armenia is situated in south-west Transcaucasia,
on the north-eastern border of Turkey. Its other borders are with
Iran to the south, Azerbaijan to the east and Georgia to the north.
The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, an Azerbaijani territory, is
situated to the south, separated from the remainder of Azerbaijan by
Armenian territory.
Located in an area of 29,800 sq km, Armenia is the smallest republic
in the former Soviet Union.