Armenian Speaker for Expansion of Tehran-Yerevan Ties

January 18, 1998 - 0:0
TEHRAN Iranian Ambassador to Yerevan Hamid Reza Nikkar Esfahani submitted the message of Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Akbar Nateq Nouri to Armenian Parliament Speaker Babken Araketsyain in a meeting in Yerevan on Saturday. Araketsyain, referring to good and growing relations between the two friendly and neighboring countries of Iran and Armenia, expressed hope that Tehran-Yerevan ties would expand in all areas, especially in the parliamentary field, in the new year.

He invited his Iranian counterpart to pay an official visit to Armenia and said the visit may leave an important impact on expansion of bilateral and multilateral parliamentary cooperation. He said the visit would strengthen and expand activities between Iranian and Armenian parliamentary friendship groups. He said that Armenian Parliament is ready to prepare required facilities for expansion of Tehran-Yerevan ties.