Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani in New York on Sept. 25
UNITED NATIONS (Azatutyun.am)—Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called for greater trade and investments between Iran and Armenia when he met with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in New York late on Tuesday.
The two men reportedly focused on economic issues in what were their first face-to-face talks held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Rouhani was reported to say that Armenian-Iranian commercial ties lag far behind political relations between the two neighboring states. According to the Mehr news agency, he said Iran is ready to expand mutual energy supplies and help to launch a transport corridor connecting Black Sea and Persian Gulf ports via Armenia and Georgia.
“We are ready to encourage the private sector to engage in business in Armenia and facilitate Armenian companies’ investments [in Iran,]â€
