Serzh Sargsyan: Examples of Armenian-Iranian cooperation will be augmented by Meghri HPP’s groundbreaking ceremony
President Serzh Sargsyan received a delegation headed by the Iranian Co-Chair of the Armenian-Iranian Intergovernmental Joint Commission, Minister of Energy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Majid Namjoo on Thursday.
The President welcomed the visit of the delegation headed by Majid Namjoo which has arrived to Armenia to participate in the session of the Armenian-Iranian Intergovernmental Commission and underscored that in his deepest conviction, the Commission plays a significant role in the development of cooperation between the two countries in every area – political, economic, and cultural.
Serzh Sargsyan noted that Armenia is interested in deepening relations with the neighboring Iran, in developing mutually beneficial cooperation which will boost the turnover between the two states. President Serzh Sargsyan expressed satisfaction with the fact that the Armenian-Iranian economic relations register progress and the examples of the successful cooperation will soon be augmented by the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Meghri hydropower station.
The Iranian Co-Chair of the Armenian-Iranian Intergovernmental Joint Commission, Minister of Energy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Majid Namjoo informed the President of Armenia that the Yerevan session of the Commission has been a success and the parties have reached a number of agreements.
The interlocutors stressed in particular the importance of the successfully developing cooperation in the energy sector. Majid Namjoo assured that as the Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Commission he would do his best to implement agreements reached by the Presidents of two friendly states, including key projects in the areas of energy and transportation, presidential press service reported.
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