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“This year’s activation of the relations between Armenia and Iran signifies one thing: Iran becomes an additional guarantor of Armenia’s independence and sustainable development,’ this is the response of the political analyst Sergey SHAKARYANTS to the question of Panorama.am correspondent about the specific objectives of the visit that Iran’s President paid to Armenia.
According to him, Iran commits itself to some responsibilities which before were performed by Russia. “Eventually, Iran, no matter with or without us, has reached an agreement on the fact that the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline will be expanded and become of export nature,” the analyst said, adding that this is the very reason for Iran’s President Mahmud Akhmadinejad to meet with the Armenian President thrice in this year.

”Following the visit to Armenia, the Iranian President will pay another visit, this time to Moscow. The timetable is currently being specified,” said S.Shakaryants, underlining that during the Moscow visit the factors of the activation of the Armenian-Iranian relationships will be discussed.

In the analyst’s opinion, some activation is observed in the Russian-Iranian relations, too. “I see vary active trilateral negotiations and discussions. It’s difficult for me to say what has been specifically discussed in Yerevan, but among such issues could have been, for example, the ways to provide the countries with consumables under the current circumstances of the tense regional situation,” concluded the analyst.