Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian today met with Iranian President's Special Representative for the Caspian, head of the CIS Department of the Iranian MFA Mehdi Safari, reported the Press Service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry. In the course of the meeting the parties exchanged views on a number of bilateral, regional and international issues. V. Oskanian appreciated Iran's consistent efforts to pursue a balanced policy and provide for stability in the region. The parties also noted positive trends of development and intensification of the Armenian-Iranian comprehensive cooperation. Thereupon the interlocutors specifically discussed prospects of activation of small and medium scale business, education and tourism, as well as preservation of cultural values. In the course of the meeting V. Oskanian presented latest developments in the Karabakh settlement. In his turn Mehdi Safari thanked for the warm reception and reaffirmed Iran's consistent policy for strengthening and development of cooperation with Armenia. The same day M. Safari met with Armenian Deputy FM Gegham Gharibjanyan and discussed similar questions with him in detail.