IRAN AND ARMENIA INK SEVEN MOUS (MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING)
Armenpress
Jul 6 2006
TEHRAN, JULY 6, ARMENPRESS: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said Wednesday afternoon Iran and Armenia have reached an agreement
to accelerate implementation of joint projects.
In a joint press conference with the visiting Armenian President
Robert Kocharian, Ahmadinejad described his counterpart's visit to
Tehran as 'positive' adding also the two countries have agreed on
different cooperation fields, including legal, cultural, economic
and investment issues.
He expressed hope that the visit prove a big step in developing
bilateral ties saying he discussed with Kocharian mutual relations
and world issues apart from bilateral cooperation in different
fields. Ahmadinejad described Iran-Armenia relations as 'historical,
friendly, sustainable and comprehensive' and added there are a lot
of commonalities which connect both nations. Armenian president
appreciated Iran's government and nation for their warm hospitality
as well as friendly meetings he had in Tehran.
Kocharian said there have been one hundred agreements between the
two countries so far, which prepared an appropriate ground to develop
ties. He stressed that although the two countries have cultural and
historical commonalities, but the new round of relations started just
15 years ago after Armenia became independent, and in this concern
both countries have tried hard to prepare a desirable and proper
situation to develop relations.
Iranian and Armenian officials signed up seven Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) in the fields of energy, economic and industrial
infrastructures, legal and cultural heritage cooperation on July 5. The
MoUs were signed by officials in the presence of President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad and the visiting Armenian president Robert Kocharian.
For one document, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his
Armenian counterpart Vartan Oskanian signed an MoU concerning Iran's
development aids in the field of industrial and economic infrastructure
for Armenia.
In another MoU, Energy Minister Parviz Fattah and Armen Movsisyan
signed a cooperation agreement in the field of energy. The two
countries agreed in another document to cooperate in the field of
legal issues.
Iran's Justice Minister Jamal Karimi-rad and Armenian Foreign Minister
Vartan Oskanian inked an agreement about extraditing criminals.
Dissemination of information in the field of cultural heritage was
another MoU signed up by officials from Iran's Cultural Heritage
Organization and Armenian Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs.
Also agreement about financing electricity power line project was
signed. In the last MoU, the two countries agreed on the implementing
program of the third electricity power line between Iran and Armenia.
Armenpress
Jul 6 2006
TEHRAN, JULY 6, ARMENPRESS: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said Wednesday afternoon Iran and Armenia have reached an agreement
to accelerate implementation of joint projects.
In a joint press conference with the visiting Armenian President
Robert Kocharian, Ahmadinejad described his counterpart's visit to
Tehran as 'positive' adding also the two countries have agreed on
different cooperation fields, including legal, cultural, economic
and investment issues.
He expressed hope that the visit prove a big step in developing
bilateral ties saying he discussed with Kocharian mutual relations
and world issues apart from bilateral cooperation in different
fields. Ahmadinejad described Iran-Armenia relations as 'historical,
friendly, sustainable and comprehensive' and added there are a lot
of commonalities which connect both nations. Armenian president
appreciated Iran's government and nation for their warm hospitality
as well as friendly meetings he had in Tehran.
Kocharian said there have been one hundred agreements between the
two countries so far, which prepared an appropriate ground to develop
ties. He stressed that although the two countries have cultural and
historical commonalities, but the new round of relations started just
15 years ago after Armenia became independent, and in this concern
both countries have tried hard to prepare a desirable and proper
situation to develop relations.
Iranian and Armenian officials signed up seven Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) in the fields of energy, economic and industrial
infrastructures, legal and cultural heritage cooperation on July 5. The
MoUs were signed by officials in the presence of President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad and the visiting Armenian president Robert Kocharian.
For one document, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his
Armenian counterpart Vartan Oskanian signed an MoU concerning Iran's
development aids in the field of industrial and economic infrastructure
for Armenia.
In another MoU, Energy Minister Parviz Fattah and Armen Movsisyan
signed a cooperation agreement in the field of energy. The two
countries agreed in another document to cooperate in the field of
legal issues.
Iran's Justice Minister Jamal Karimi-rad and Armenian Foreign Minister
Vartan Oskanian inked an agreement about extraditing criminals.
Dissemination of information in the field of cultural heritage was
another MoU signed up by officials from Iran's Cultural Heritage
Organization and Armenian Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs.
Also agreement about financing electricity power line project was
signed. In the last MoU, the two countries agreed on the implementing
program of the third electricity power line between Iran and Armenia.