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IRAN, ARMENIA HAIL ECONOMIC COOPERATION
asbarez
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Armenian and Iranian presidents during a meeting last year
YEREVAN-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that
expansion of economic cooperation will help strengthen the ancient
and friendly ties between Iran and Armenia, Iran's state-run IRNA
agency reported.
In a telephone conversation with Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian,
Ahmadinejad described the recent meeting of the two countries' Joint
Economic Cooperation Commissions in Yerevan as successful.
"The meeting was an emphasis on consolidating the ancient ties and
shows that Tehran and Yerevan are determined further raise the level
of bilateral relations," he said.
Sarkisian, for his part, said that holding the commission meeting
served as an incentive for promoting economic cooperation.
"Iranian companies' participation in the Armenian projects contribute
to the deepening friendship between the two nations," he said,
according to IRNA.
Last week Armenia and Iran vowed to boost economic cooperation,
increase bilateral trade and speed up joint energy projects including
a hydro-electric power plant on their shared border.
"The high level of political relations between the countries requires
corresponding activity in the economic sphere too," Armenian Energy
Minister Armen Movsisian said at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart
Majid Namjoo.
Movsisian said that construction of the hydro-electric power plant
on the Arax river would begin in November.
The problems hampering the construction of the Armenia-Iran third
high voltage line have been resolved, Iranian co-chairman of the
Armenian-Iranian intergovernmental commission, Namjoo said last week.
"The problems and obstacles have been eliminated, so at present,
the Iranian contractor must make every effort to build this line,"
Namjoo said after signing the Memorandum of Understanding following
the eleventh meeting of the Commission in Yerevan.
Movsisian said that Namjoo's appointment as a co-chairman of the
commission has given a new impetus to the implementation of programs,
particularly the process of building a power line which will be
completed rapidly.
According to the Energy Ministry, a new power line from Iran to
Armenia is being constructed by Iranian company Sanir. The project
cost is estimated at 100-105 million euros.
Yerevan and Tehran have agreed to hold discussions on the construction
of Iranian-Armenian railway, Iran's co-chairman of the Armenian-Iranian
intergovernmental commission, Energy Minister Namjoo said.
asbarez
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Armenian and Iranian presidents during a meeting last year
YEREVAN-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that
expansion of economic cooperation will help strengthen the ancient
and friendly ties between Iran and Armenia, Iran's state-run IRNA
agency reported.
In a telephone conversation with Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian,
Ahmadinejad described the recent meeting of the two countries' Joint
Economic Cooperation Commissions in Yerevan as successful.
"The meeting was an emphasis on consolidating the ancient ties and
shows that Tehran and Yerevan are determined further raise the level
of bilateral relations," he said.
Sarkisian, for his part, said that holding the commission meeting
served as an incentive for promoting economic cooperation.
"Iranian companies' participation in the Armenian projects contribute
to the deepening friendship between the two nations," he said,
according to IRNA.
Last week Armenia and Iran vowed to boost economic cooperation,
increase bilateral trade and speed up joint energy projects including
a hydro-electric power plant on their shared border.
"The high level of political relations between the countries requires
corresponding activity in the economic sphere too," Armenian Energy
Minister Armen Movsisian said at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart
Majid Namjoo.
Movsisian said that construction of the hydro-electric power plant
on the Arax river would begin in November.
The problems hampering the construction of the Armenia-Iran third
high voltage line have been resolved, Iranian co-chairman of the
Armenian-Iranian intergovernmental commission, Namjoo said last week.
"The problems and obstacles have been eliminated, so at present,
the Iranian contractor must make every effort to build this line,"
Namjoo said after signing the Memorandum of Understanding following
the eleventh meeting of the Commission in Yerevan.
Movsisian said that Namjoo's appointment as a co-chairman of the
commission has given a new impetus to the implementation of programs,
particularly the process of building a power line which will be
completed rapidly.
According to the Energy Ministry, a new power line from Iran to
Armenia is being constructed by Iranian company Sanir. The project
cost is estimated at 100-105 million euros.
Yerevan and Tehran have agreed to hold discussions on the construction
of Iranian-Armenian railway, Iran's co-chairman of the Armenian-Iranian
intergovernmental commission, Energy Minister Namjoo said.