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    SPEAKER: IRAN TO TRANSFER GAS TO ARMENIA SOON

    Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran
    Sept 12 2006

    Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said on Tuesday that the first
    gas pipeline to transfer gas from Iran to Armenia is scheduled to
    become operational in the coming months.

    A report released by Majlis Media Department said that the speaker
    made the remark while speaking to reporters at a joint press conference
    with his Armenian counterpart Tigran Torossian.

    Addressing reporters, Haddad-Adel said that the progress of the gas
    project is supervised by the presidents of Iran and Armenia.

    Haddad-Adel said that feasibility studies on the second gas pipeline
    is currently underway.

    He referred to projects on transfer of energy, development and port of
    industrial machinery as strategies aiming to boost trade exchanges
    between the two states and urged that tourism and investment by
    private sector should also be facilitated.

    Elsewhere in his remarks, the speaker said that establishment of
    relations with the Central Asian states and Caucasia has been on the
    agenda of Iran's foreign policy over the past 15 years.

    "Meanwhile, Iran-Armenia ties have been quite favorable on account of
    the good bonds between Iranian Muslims and Armenian minority," he said.

    Turning to the history of the presence of Armenians in Iran, he said
    that they contribute to the construction and development of Iran
    along with their Muslim countrymen.

    For his part, the chairman of Armenia's National Assembly pointed to
    Iran's nuclear issue and the relevant developments in the region and
    said, "All countries should benefit from equal conditions to access
    nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. No country should abuse its
    facilities to restrict other states."

    Torossian stated that the terms and conditions of international
    treaties should be implemented equally for all world countries.

    Besides, he referred to Iran-Armenia commonalties and called for
    expansion of cooperation between the two states.
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