  Ambassador: Armenia, Iran have potential to boost cooperation February 20, 2012 - 12:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran can have a greater share in Armenia's foreign relations, the Armenian ambassador in Tehran has said. According to IRNA, Grigor Arakelyan made the comments on the sidelines of a meeting in Tehran to review ways of upgrading trade relations between the two countries. He said there was plenty of potential to expand trade relations, adding that Iran and Armenia enjoy common grounds for economic cooperation both countries are interested in. Iran is Armenia's fourth trade partner and trade rose by 40% percent in 2011 to reach $320 million, compared with 2010, the ambassador said. “If Iran joined the World Trade Organization, the two countries would cooperate in more fields of interest,” Arakelyan said.   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
