TEHRAN (ecoideal)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan in a meeting in Yerevan on Tuesday explored avenues for the further broadening of bilateral ties and mutual cooperation, specially in economic fields.
"Economic ties should further develop and Free Zones can create the opportunity to increase cooperation," Zarif said.
Karapetyan, for his part, stressed the special importance of relations with Iran, and said, "We are interested in boosting cooperation in energy and other economic fields and cooperation in the Free Zones of Armenia and Iran."
He also announced his country's willingness to pave the ground for Iranian firms to achieve interests in the Eurasian Economic Union through Armenia.
Zarif and his Armenian counterpart Eduard Nalbandyan in a meeting in Yerevan earlier today conferred on ways to expand cooperation between the two countries in the oil and gas sector and other fields.
During the meeting, Zarif underlined the age-old ties between Iran and Armenia, calling for the further development of relations in the political and economic fields.
Cooperation in the oil, gas, electricity and transit areas as well as facilitated transportation and removal of the private companies' problems were among other issues reviewed by the two sides.
Nalbandyan, for his part, expressed pleasure in Zarif's trip to Armenia, and said, "The two countries' ties are expanding and Yerevan is willing to develop and deepen relations in all fields with the Islamic Republic of Iran, specially in economic areas."
Source: Farsnews