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Armenia, Iran agree on cooperation
By Tigran Liloyan
ITAR-TASS News Agency
September 8, 2004 Wednesday
YEREVAN, September 8 -- The presidents of Armenia and Iran, Robert
Kocharyan and Sayed Mohammad Khatami, signed in Yerevan on Wednesday
the Treaty on the basic principles of cooperation between Armenia and
Iran. They have also adopted the joint statement which describes the
official visit of the Iranian president to Yerevan as "the beginning
of the new stage" in bilateral relations.
"Discussing the latest events in the region and exchanging opinions
on the settlement of the Karabakh crisis, the presidents stressed
the need to resolve the matter peacefully", the statement says.
The document on the construction of a gas pipeline from Iran to
Armenia and the memorandum on cooperation between the ministries of
energy were also signed.
Addressing a joint news conference, Kocharyan said, "Energy remains a
most important area of bilateral relations. Armenia and Iran intend
to combine their infrastructures which will impart a new quality to
our cooperation in energy and will put it on a regional level".
Iran and Armenia are linked by "a special relationship" that may
set the example of truly goodneighbourly ties, Khatami said. He
stressed that his country attaches special importance to stability
in the Caucasus. "The security of countries of the region is our
own security, too. The common goals and interests must be held above
differences existing in the Caucasus", he said.
"Terrorism poses a grave danger to the world today, the Iranian
president said. "Present-day realities are such that terrorist acts
may happen in the West and in the East, in Iran and in America.
Terrorists commit a dual crime, killing innocent people and
discrediting religions that advocate peace and humanism", he said.
By Tigran Liloyan
ITAR-TASS News Agency
September 8, 2004 Wednesday
YEREVAN, September 8 -- The presidents of Armenia and Iran, Robert
Kocharyan and Sayed Mohammad Khatami, signed in Yerevan on Wednesday
the Treaty on the basic principles of cooperation between Armenia and
Iran. They have also adopted the joint statement which describes the
official visit of the Iranian president to Yerevan as "the beginning
of the new stage" in bilateral relations.
"Discussing the latest events in the region and exchanging opinions
on the settlement of the Karabakh crisis, the presidents stressed
the need to resolve the matter peacefully", the statement says.
The document on the construction of a gas pipeline from Iran to
Armenia and the memorandum on cooperation between the ministries of
energy were also signed.
Addressing a joint news conference, Kocharyan said, "Energy remains a
most important area of bilateral relations. Armenia and Iran intend
to combine their infrastructures which will impart a new quality to
our cooperation in energy and will put it on a regional level".
Iran and Armenia are linked by "a special relationship" that may
set the example of truly goodneighbourly ties, Khatami said. He
stressed that his country attaches special importance to stability
in the Caucasus. "The security of countries of the region is our
own security, too. The common goals and interests must be held above
differences existing in the Caucasus", he said.
"Terrorism poses a grave danger to the world today, the Iranian
president said. "Present-day realities are such that terrorist acts
may happen in the West and in the East, in Iran and in America.
Terrorists commit a dual crime, killing innocent people and
discrediting religions that advocate peace and humanism", he said.