Iran, Armenia review ways to boost ties

Moscow, Dec 24, IRNA Deputy Iran's Supreme National Security Council for international
affairs Ali Baqeri held talks with the Armenian senior officials on
ways to expand mutual ties.

In his meeting with Armenia's Secretary of National Security Council
Arthur Baghdasaryan, the country's Ministers of Foreign Affairs and
Defense Edward Nalbandian and Seyran Ohanyan respectively, Baqeri
called expansion of Iran-Armenia ties as a need for the Middle East
region.

Expressing Iran's readiness for fostering constructive regional
cooperation, Baqeri said that interference of foreigners is "the
biggest damage" to the regional stability.

The Iranian official said that the right way to restore peace and
tranquility in the region is the security and political interaction
among the regional states.

Meanwhile, Baghdasaryan stressed forming a strategic committee of
Tehran-Yerevan national security councils.

He said that the committee would be an effective mechanism for the two
countries' strategic relations.

Ali Baqeri is visiting Armenia since December 23 to attend the first
meeting of Iran-Armenia joint committee.end*