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Agence France Presse
December 23, 2011 Friday 7:46 AM GMT
Iran's Ahmadinejad visits neighbour Armenia
YEREVAN, Dec 23 2011
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad son Friday arrived in Armenia
for talks as the Islamic republic and its small Christian neighbour
seek to boost economic links.
Ahmadinejad met his counterpart Serzh Sarkisian and is due to sign
several bilateral agreements, the Armenian presidential administration
said, amid growing cooperation between Tehran and Yerevan.
One of the agreements will schedule the start of construction work on
a hydro-electric power station on the Arax river which runs along the
two countries' border, the Armenian energy ministry said.
Suffering from long-term political disputes with two of its other
neighbours Turkey and Azerbaijan, which have led to an economic
blockade and closed borders, ex-Soviet Armenia has been developing
closer ties with Iran.
Trade turnover between Tehran and Yerevan has been increasing, from
$206 million (157 million euros) in 2009 to $273 million (209 million
euros) last year -- a significant boost for impoverished Armenia's
economy.
From: Baghdasarian
December 23, 2011 Friday 7:46 AM GMT
Iran's Ahmadinejad visits neighbour Armenia
YEREVAN, Dec 23 2011
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad son Friday arrived in Armenia
for talks as the Islamic republic and its small Christian neighbour
seek to boost economic links.
Ahmadinejad met his counterpart Serzh Sarkisian and is due to sign
several bilateral agreements, the Armenian presidential administration
said, amid growing cooperation between Tehran and Yerevan.
One of the agreements will schedule the start of construction work on
a hydro-electric power station on the Arax river which runs along the
two countries' border, the Armenian energy ministry said.
Suffering from long-term political disputes with two of its other
neighbours Turkey and Azerbaijan, which have led to an economic
blockade and closed borders, ex-Soviet Armenia has been developing
closer ties with Iran.
Trade turnover between Tehran and Yerevan has been increasing, from
$206 million (157 million euros) in 2009 to $273 million (209 million
euros) last year -- a significant boost for impoverished Armenia's
economy.
From: Baghdasarian