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SPEAKER: IRANIAN PRESIDENT HOPES TO VISIT PARLIAMENT DURING HIS NEXT VISIT TO ARMENIA
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 23 2007
YEREVAN, October 23. /ARKA/. President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
hopes to visit Armenia's parliament during his next visit to the
country, said National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosyan during the
parliament's session commenting on the sudden departure of Ahmadinejad
from Yerevan to his motherland.
"During the morning meeting with Ahmadinejad he asked me to express
regret to Armenian MPs for the interruption of the visit to Armenia,
and that he had to turn to Iran. He expressed hope that during his
next visit he will visit the parliament," Torosyan said.
He pointed out that explanations have been done about the interruption
of the Iranian President's visit.
Torosyan said that some circumstances made Ahmadinejad return to Iran
earlier than scheduled.
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Armenia on a two-day
visit on Monday, but he urgently left Yerevan at 12:00 on Tuesday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Gehgam Gharibjanyan said that the changes of
the schedule are accounted for by domestic problems in Iran.
"In the morning the Iranian side asked to make changes in the program
of Ahmadinejad's visit, as a result of which the visits to the
Memorial of the victims of the Armenian Genocide - Tsitsernakaberd,
Blue mosque and report of the Iranian President in the National
Assembly of Armenia were cancelled," he said.
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 23 2007
YEREVAN, October 23. /ARKA/. President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
hopes to visit Armenia's parliament during his next visit to the
country, said National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosyan during the
parliament's session commenting on the sudden departure of Ahmadinejad
from Yerevan to his motherland.
"During the morning meeting with Ahmadinejad he asked me to express
regret to Armenian MPs for the interruption of the visit to Armenia,
and that he had to turn to Iran. He expressed hope that during his
next visit he will visit the parliament," Torosyan said.
He pointed out that explanations have been done about the interruption
of the Iranian President's visit.
Torosyan said that some circumstances made Ahmadinejad return to Iran
earlier than scheduled.
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Armenia on a two-day
visit on Monday, but he urgently left Yerevan at 12:00 on Tuesday.
Deputy Foreign Minister Gehgam Gharibjanyan said that the changes of
the schedule are accounted for by domestic problems in Iran.
"In the morning the Iranian side asked to make changes in the program
of Ahmadinejad's visit, as a result of which the visits to the
Memorial of the victims of the Armenian Genocide - Tsitsernakaberd,
Blue mosque and report of the Iranian President in the National
Assembly of Armenia were cancelled," he said.