Karen Karapetyan receives Iranian oil and energy ministers in Iran
On the second day of his official visit to Iran, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan of Armenia received—in his residence—Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh, and Energy Minister Sattar Mahmoudi. During the meeting, the interlocutors expressed their satisfaction with the level of bilateral cooperation in the energy sector, and noted that two neighboring countries have great opportunities for development of respective cooperation. They were confident that the official visit of the Prime Minister will give a new impetus to the mutually beneficial bilateral relations. In addition, the Iranian side stressed that it is interested in the expansion and deepening of ties with Armenia At the meeting, issues related to gas, electricity project expansion, issues to be discussed at the upcoming sitting of the intergovernmental commission, Meghri HPP's program, Armenia-Iran-Turkmenistan trilateral cooperation and other issues were discussed.
