Iran keen on boosting ties with Armenia: Vice president
Iran's First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri has called for the expansion of ties between Iran and Armenia in all fields.
“Both countries can take effective steps to [serve] the two nations’ interests through the expansion of ties and bolstering cooperation,” Jahangiri said in a Sunday phone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan.
The Iranian official pointed to the growing relations between the two sides, saying that given the two countries' existing potential, their relations can further improve in a range of areas.
Jahangiri expressed Iran’s readiness to bolster cooperation with Armenia in different sectors including energy, power generation and transmission as well as transit of commodities and passengers through Iran, Armenia and Georgia.
Abrahamyan, for his part, called for expansion of cooperation with Iran in different fields.
The Armenian premier expressed hope that officials of Iran, Armenia and Georgia would hold a meeting to prepare the ground for improvement of transit cooperation.
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