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Tehran welcomes development of relations with Yerevan, Iranian ambassador to Armenia Mohammad Raiesi stated during a meeting at Yerevan-based Lazaryan Institute of International Relations, Iran’s state-run news agency IRNA reported. 

Referring to Armenian-Iranian relations, the envoy said, in part, “Iran was the first country to recognize Armenia’s independence. During the past 22 years, officials of both countries expressed their support for expansion of bilateral relations in various areas.”

Commenting on the current level of cooperation between Iran and Armenia, Mohammad Raiesi said, “Construction of Meghri hydropower plant in the border area of Armenia and Iran, Iran-Armenia-Georgia highway, railway and oil pipeline are the major projects which are on the agenda of cooperation.”

Earlier, Mohammad Raiesi commented on Armenian-Iranian relations during a conference at Matenadaran under the title “Two nations, two cultures and two religions.”

“The Armenians and Iranians proved during history that the two peoples professing two divine religions, Christianity and Islam, have lived side by side in absolute peace and calm. Currently Iranian-Armenians are represented in Iranian Majlis by two MPs - those from northern and southern Iranian-Armenian communities (Tehran and Isfahan),” said the ambassador.