May 6, 2005 - 08:33 AMT
ANDRANIK MARGARIAN AND IRANIAN ASSISTANT OIL MINISTER DISCUSSED IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION
Yesterday Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margarian received Iranian Assistant Oil Minister Asadollah Salehi Firouz, RA government's press service reported. During the meeting the parties discussed the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline construction and cooperation in the energy field. Andranik Margarian expressed satisfaction with the present level of the bilateral economic cooperation as well as the implementation of various programs stimulated by the activity of the intergovernmental commission. At the same time the interlocutors pointed out to the untapped potential inherent in the Armenian-Iranian relations.