President confers with Armenian FM

Tehran, May 6, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani on Monday conferred with the visiting Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on ways to develop Tehran-Yerevan cooperation. On the current negotiations between Iran and the western governments to resolve the dispute about the national nuclear program, the president said that Iranˈs nuclear activities are transparent and Tehran will do its best to prove the peaceful nature of its nuclear program. Iran will continue with its nuclear activities under the IAEA rules and regulations, he asserted. President Rouhani underlined that Iran supports peace everywhere including the Caucasus region. The Islamic Republic of Iran advocates regional peace and security as the major strategy of Iranˈs foreign policy, he added. President Rouhani called Tehran-Yerevan relations as historical, cultural and stressed that the two countries have good potentials for expansion of cooperation. The Armenian foreign minister for his part conveyed a message of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Iranian president. He said his country attaches great significance to bolstering cooperation with Iran, adding that Tehran and Yerevan have held positive political talks on issues of mutual interest and international developments. Nalbandian expressed hope that Iran and Armenia would succeed in improving cooperation in the fields of transportation, energy, culture and education. The senior Armenian official voiced his countryˈs support for Iranˈs nuclear program. Nalbandian arrived in Tehran at the head of a high-ranking political delegation on Monday to hold talks with senior Iranian officials. Over the past years, Iran and Armenia have taken major strides towards promoting mutual relations, particularly in the energy sector. end