Arthur Baghdassaryan: Iran has important and unignorable role in resolution of regional problems
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani met Monday with Armenian of National Security Council Secretary Arthur Baghdassaryan stressed need for more expansion of Tehran-Yerevan comprehensive ties.
According parliamentary affairs reporter, Larijani in the Monday evening meeting at his office expressed satisfaction over the expanding trend of the two countries' relations and said that bilateral ties are deep-rooted. He added, "Iran-Armenia relations date back to remote past in history, have always been convergent, and their basis is the close and deep relations between the two nations."
The Majlis speaker meanwhile described such good relations between the neighboring countries as "a main factor" serving regional peace and security.
Iran's former secretary of Supreme National Security Council emphasizing the need to identify appropriate new fields for expansion of bilateral ties, arguing, "During the course of the past few years long strides have been taken to strengthen and deepen political and economic ties, and to expand the dimensions of industrial cooperation, but there are still lots of unused potentials that can be used to further improve the level of friendly relations."
Larijani emphasized the effective and important role of the two countries' parliaments in expansion of relations, reiterating, "Iran's Majlis backs up any move aimed at expansion of comprehensive ties." In that respect, he evaluated as "important" the role of the two countries' joint economic commission in implementation of the agreed upon economic and industrial projects.
The Secretary of the Armenian National Security Council, too, in the meeting referred to his country's relations with Iran as "strategic", reiterating, "Expansion of ties at all political, economic, business and infrastructure fields with Iran is among the priorities in foreign relations doctrine of my country."
The Armenian official referred to the two countries' cooperation in railway and road transformations and in energy field, arguing, "Pursuing cooperation in such infrastructure fields plays an important role in strengthening strategic ties."
Baghdassaryan was agreed with Larijani on the point that the two countries' parliaments play an important role in improvement of the level of cooperation and emphasized the need for expanding relations between the two parliaments' different commissions, as well as broader interactions between the two parliament's friendship groups.
He also considered Iran's role in regional dispute solving as "important and unignorable", concluding, "The Islamic Republic of Iran for instance plays and important and unignorable role in assuring and strengthening peace and security in the Caucasus region," Baghdassaryan said, IRNA reports.
According parliamentary affairs reporter, Larijani in the Monday evening meeting at his office expressed satisfaction over the expanding trend of the two countries' relations and said that bilateral ties are deep-rooted. He added, "Iran-Armenia relations date back to remote past in history, have always been convergent, and their basis is the close and deep relations between the two nations."
The Majlis speaker meanwhile described such good relations between the neighboring countries as "a main factor" serving regional peace and security.
Iran's former secretary of Supreme National Security Council emphasizing the need to identify appropriate new fields for expansion of bilateral ties, arguing, "During the course of the past few years long strides have been taken to strengthen and deepen political and economic ties, and to expand the dimensions of industrial cooperation, but there are still lots of unused potentials that can be used to further improve the level of friendly relations."
Larijani emphasized the effective and important role of the two countries' parliaments in expansion of relations, reiterating, "Iran's Majlis backs up any move aimed at expansion of comprehensive ties." In that respect, he evaluated as "important" the role of the two countries' joint economic commission in implementation of the agreed upon economic and industrial projects.
The Secretary of the Armenian National Security Council, too, in the meeting referred to his country's relations with Iran as "strategic", reiterating, "Expansion of ties at all political, economic, business and infrastructure fields with Iran is among the priorities in foreign relations doctrine of my country."
The Armenian official referred to the two countries' cooperation in railway and road transformations and in energy field, arguing, "Pursuing cooperation in such infrastructure fields plays an important role in strengthening strategic ties."
Baghdassaryan was agreed with Larijani on the point that the two countries' parliaments play an important role in improvement of the level of cooperation and emphasized the need for expanding relations between the two parliaments' different commissions, as well as broader interactions between the two parliament's friendship groups.
He also considered Iran's role in regional dispute solving as "important and unignorable", concluding, "The Islamic Republic of Iran for instance plays and important and unignorable role in assuring and strengthening peace and security in the Caucasus region," Baghdassaryan said, IRNA reports.
