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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN IRAN FOR MULTIPURPOSE TALKS
Xinhua General News Service
April 13, 2009 Monday 7:55 PM EST
China
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan arrived in Tehran on Monday for
multipurpose talks with Iranian officials, state news agency IRNA
reported.
Sargsyan, on an official two-day visit to Tehran, heads a high ranking
political and economic delegation.
The Armenian president is scheduled to meet with Iran's Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Parliament
Speaker Ali Larijani and Secretary of the Supreme National Security
Council Saeed Jalili, according to the report.
Some economic contracts including a memorandum of understanding on
rail transport cooperation between the two countries are expected to
be signed during his visit.
In November 2008, Iran and Armenia inked ten agreements on security,
political and economic cooperation in Tehran.
Armenia has also called for Iran to actively cooperate in Caucasus
security issues. The Caucasus region mainly suffers two unsettled
conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the one hand and Russia
and Georgia on the other.
Xinhua General News Service
April 13, 2009 Monday 7:55 PM EST
China
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan arrived in Tehran on Monday for
multipurpose talks with Iranian officials, state news agency IRNA
reported.
Sargsyan, on an official two-day visit to Tehran, heads a high ranking
political and economic delegation.
The Armenian president is scheduled to meet with Iran's Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Parliament
Speaker Ali Larijani and Secretary of the Supreme National Security
Council Saeed Jalili, according to the report.
Some economic contracts including a memorandum of understanding on
rail transport cooperation between the two countries are expected to
be signed during his visit.
In November 2008, Iran and Armenia inked ten agreements on security,
political and economic cooperation in Tehran.
Armenia has also called for Iran to actively cooperate in Caucasus
security issues. The Caucasus region mainly suffers two unsettled
conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the one hand and Russia
and Georgia on the other.