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    PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD RETURNS HOME

    Islamic Republic News Agency
    Dec 23 2011

    Tehran, Dec 24, IRNA - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad returned home
    on Friday night after a one-day official visit to Yerevan.

    Ahmadinejad was welcomed by Iranian First Vice President Mohammad
    Reza Rahimi at Tehran Mehrabad Airport.

    President Ahmadinejad and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on
    Friday discussed major topics concerning bilateral, regional, and
    international issues.

    President Ahmadinejad's visit to Armenia took place upon an invitation
    by Armenian President Sargsyan and in line with expansion of bilateral
    ties between two countries.

    Visiting Iranian president had also a meeting with Armenian President
    Serzh Sargsyan and discussed major topics concerning bilateral,
    regional, and international issues.

    Ahmadinejad and Sargsyan emphasized, in a joint statement published
    on Friday, on the right of all nations to use peaceful nuclear energy.

    The statement stressed that all nations should respect Nuclear
    Non-proliferation Treaty and the international rules and regulations
    on prohibition of spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

    Furthermore, President Ahmadinejad also in a speech at the Armenian
    Parliament said that "Tehran and Yerevan have similar stand on variant
    issues including the establishment of peace and justice in the world.

    In the meantime, Iranian President in his meeting with Armenia Prime
    Minister Tigran Sargsyan underlined that "Tehran and Yerevan have
    good ancient, cultural relations and the two side relations in the
    past decades have been always constructive.

    In a meeting with Armenian Iranians in Yerevan, President Ahmadinejad
    noted that hegemonic powers aim to give power to their pawns in the
    region and make puppet regimes.

    Iran and Armenia singed five letters of understanding during the
    official visit of Iranian delegation led by President Ahmadinejad to
    Yerevan on Friday.

    Tehran and Yerevan MoUs cover various fields of cooperation including
    the construction of hydroelectric power plants on Aras dam, cooperation
    between the Institute for Standards and Industrial Research of Iran and
    the Armenian National Institute for Standards as well as cooperation
    in the fields of social welfare, employment and environment protection.

    Supply of oil products to Armenia and construction of railways are
    among main topics of discussion during President Ahmadinejad's one-day
    visit to Yerevan.

    Trade stood at dlrs 270 million in 2010 between the two countries. The
    figure rose up to dlrs 300 million in 2011.

    Over the past 20 years, energy sector has played an important role
    in Iran-Armenia trade relations.

    Relations between Armenia and the Islamic Republic of Iran remain
    extremely cordial and both Armenia and Iran are strategic partners
    in the region. Armenia and Iran enjoy cultural and historical ties
    that go back thousands of years. There are no border disputes between
    the two countries and the Christian Armenian minority in Iran enjoys
    official recognition.

    In July, 2007, a memorandum was signed on the start of feasibility
    studies on the ideas of building an Armenian-Iranian railway and a
    Russian-owned oil refinery that would process Iranian crude.

    The Armenian government is building a second, bigger highway leading
    to the Iranian border in the hope of boosting trade with Iran.

    The two countries have reached a preliminary agreement to make joint
    TV serials. The joint venture would portray the social and cultural
    life of Iran and Armenia and expand cinematic ties between the two
    countries.

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