ARMENIA DEEPENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN

Armenia and Iran have agreed to give new impetus to their bilateral relations and press ahead with the implementation of more multimillion-dollar energy projects. The agreements were announced in Yerevan after the July 20 meeting of their intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation, co-chaired by Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki and Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsisian.

Motaki also held separate talks with President Robert Kocharian and other Armenian officials. Official press releases cited them as praising the Armenian-Iranian relationship and stressing the need to utilize its untapped commercial potential. Motaki was reported to be satisfied with

Movsisian revealed that in