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ARMENIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION DUE IN TEHRAN SATURDAY
Tasnim News Agency, Iran
Oct 31 2013
October 31, 2013 - 16:53
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - A delegation of Armenian lawmakers plans to pay
a visit to Tehran on Saturday to meet senior Iranian parliamentary
officials.
Parliament Speaker's Adviser for International Affairs Hossein
Sheikholeslam told the Tasnim News Agency on Thursday that the
three-member Armenian delegation will hold a meeting with the Iranian
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, among their meetings with Iranian
parliamentarians.
The Armenian delegation will be headed by MP Galost Sahakyan, he added.
The delegateion will discuss ways to enhance parliamentary cooperation
and improve bilateral ties between the two neighboring countries,
the adviser stated.
In addition to a pipeline that brings Iranian natural gas into Armenia,
the two states have implemented a number of other multi-million dollar
energy projects.
They include the construction of two hydro-electric plants on a river
at the Armenian-Iranian border, a third high-voltage transmission
line linking the two countries' power grids and dams, among other
projects to be technically engineered by Iranian experts.
In addition, the Armenian and Iranian governments have been working
on a bilateral free trade agreement that was signed at the end of
the year 2007.
The Armenian government is building a second, bigger highway leading
to the Iranian border in the hope of boosting trade with Iran.
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Tasnim News Agency, Iran
Oct 31 2013
October 31, 2013 - 16:53
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - A delegation of Armenian lawmakers plans to pay
a visit to Tehran on Saturday to meet senior Iranian parliamentary
officials.
Parliament Speaker's Adviser for International Affairs Hossein
Sheikholeslam told the Tasnim News Agency on Thursday that the
three-member Armenian delegation will hold a meeting with the Iranian
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, among their meetings with Iranian
parliamentarians.
The Armenian delegation will be headed by MP Galost Sahakyan, he added.
The delegateion will discuss ways to enhance parliamentary cooperation
and improve bilateral ties between the two neighboring countries,
the adviser stated.
In addition to a pipeline that brings Iranian natural gas into Armenia,
the two states have implemented a number of other multi-million dollar
energy projects.
They include the construction of two hydro-electric plants on a river
at the Armenian-Iranian border, a third high-voltage transmission
line linking the two countries' power grids and dams, among other
projects to be technically engineered by Iranian experts.
In addition, the Armenian and Iranian governments have been working
on a bilateral free trade agreement that was signed at the end of
the year 2007.
The Armenian government is building a second, bigger highway leading
to the Iranian border in the hope of boosting trade with Iran.
http://www.tasnimnews.com/english/Home/Single/180050