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IRAN, ARMENIA DISCUSS EXPANSION OF ECONOMIC TIES
Mehr News Agency, Iran
Oct 20 2014
Tehran, 20 October: Iran's first deputy-president and Armenian Prime
Minster Hovik Abrahamyan met today [20 October] to discuss plans for
expanding economic and cultural ties.
During the meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan on
Monday, Iran's first Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri said: "A joint
commission supervised by Mr Abrahamyan and I will also be regularly
held between the two ministries."
"At present, the volume of trading between Iran and Armenia is about
300m dollars," said Mr Jahangiri. "We export gas and in return,
import electricity from Armenia. There are other goods exchanged
between the two countries as well."
"The two countries' ministers of energy debated mutual projects
including the construction of the third line of an electrical
transmission and a hydropower plant in Armenia, the generalities of
which have been agreed upon," maintained Jahangiri.
Jahangiri noted that the two countries also discussed and reached
an agreement in various environmental and cultural fields and said:
"Since Armenia is now recognized as a Eurasian country, our private
sectors have ample investment opportunities."
Hovik Abrahamyan, for his part, expressed satisfaction for expansion
of bilateral ties and said: "The joint commission between Iran and
Armenia is of great significance and will promote economic ties."
Mr Abrahamyan expressed gratitude towards Iran for the conservation of
the Armenian heritage and their respectful treatment of the Armenians
and said: "I have invited Mr Jahangiri to visit Armenia. There are
plenty of projects the implementations of which will greatly benefit
the two countries, and my country will do its best to further develop
ties with Iran."
Mehr News Agency, Iran
Oct 20 2014
Tehran, 20 October: Iran's first deputy-president and Armenian Prime
Minster Hovik Abrahamyan met today [20 October] to discuss plans for
expanding economic and cultural ties.
During the meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan on
Monday, Iran's first Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri said: "A joint
commission supervised by Mr Abrahamyan and I will also be regularly
held between the two ministries."
"At present, the volume of trading between Iran and Armenia is about
300m dollars," said Mr Jahangiri. "We export gas and in return,
import electricity from Armenia. There are other goods exchanged
between the two countries as well."
"The two countries' ministers of energy debated mutual projects
including the construction of the third line of an electrical
transmission and a hydropower plant in Armenia, the generalities of
which have been agreed upon," maintained Jahangiri.
Jahangiri noted that the two countries also discussed and reached
an agreement in various environmental and cultural fields and said:
"Since Armenia is now recognized as a Eurasian country, our private
sectors have ample investment opportunities."
Hovik Abrahamyan, for his part, expressed satisfaction for expansion
of bilateral ties and said: "The joint commission between Iran and
Armenia is of great significance and will promote economic ties."
Mr Abrahamyan expressed gratitude towards Iran for the conservation of
the Armenian heritage and their respectful treatment of the Armenians
and said: "I have invited Mr Jahangiri to visit Armenia. There are
plenty of projects the implementations of which will greatly benefit
the two countries, and my country will do its best to further develop
ties with Iran."