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    RA NA SPEAKER HOVIK ABRAHAMIAN MEETS WITH IRI PRESIDENT IN TEHRAN: RA AND IRI PARLIAMENT SPEAKERS SIGN MEMORANDUM OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING

    NOYAN TAPAN
    OCTOBER 1, 2009
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, OCTOBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian within
    the framework of his official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran
    (IRI), on September 30, met with IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
    and National Assembly Speaker of Iraq Ayad al-Samara, as well as
    visited national institutions of Iranian Armenians and met with
    Armenian community's representatives.

    According to a report by the RA NA Public Relations Department, RA NA
    Speaker met with IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the September
    30 evening. Conveying RA President's warm greetings to his Iranian
    counterpart Mr Abrahamian expressed Armenian side's satisfaction with
    Armenian-Iranian warm relations and development of cooperation. In that
    context the RA NA Speaker appreciated the role of the two countries'
    parliaments in expanding and strengthening the cooperation.

    The interlocutors also discussed the agreements reached between
    the two countries' Presidents during RA President Serzh Sargsyan's
    official visit to IRI in April and issues regarding implementation of
    programs they had outlined paying a special attention to the project
    of a new railway connecting Armenia and Iran. The sides discussed
    steps to be taken to implement those programs. They also in detail
    discussed issues of regional security.

    Before meeting with the IRI President the RA NA delegation visited the
    IRI parliament where RA and IRI parliament Speakers Hovik Abrahamian
    and Ali Larijani signed a Memorandum of Mutual Understanding.

    In the midday of September 30 the RA NA Speaker met with Iraqi National
    Assembly Speaker Ayad al-Samara, who was also in Tehran on a visit. Mr
    Abrahamian mentioned traditional warm relations between the peoples
    of Armenia and Iraq and proposed activizing contacts that had stopped
    because of the 2003 crisis in Iraq. The parliament Speaker of Iraq
    accepted the proposal. He appreciated the role of the Iraqi Armenian
    community in his country's life mentioning that naturally it can
    contribute to contacts between the two countries.

    In the September 30 morning the delegation led by the RA NA Speaker
    visited the tomb of IRI founder imam Khomeyni. A ceremony of laying
    flowers took place there with Mr Abrahamian's participation, then
    the RA NA Speaker made notes in the register of guests of honor. The
    same day RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian visited the Cathedral of the
    Armenian Diocese in Tehran, St Sargis church. He laid flowers to the
    memorial for Armenian Genocide victims, then met with representatives
    of the Iranian Armenian community.

    Touching upon the issue of normalizing the Armenian-Turkish relations
    Mr Abrahamian, in particular, said: "We understand the anxiety of
    our brothers and sisters of Diaspora. I assure you that the Armenian
    authorities will never permit dependence of the process of recognition
    of the Armenian Genocide on normalization of the Armenian-Turkish
    relations. Conditioning those relations by the Nagorno Karabakh
    settlement is also inadmissible. The issues of recognition of Armenian
    Genocide and free self-determination of Artsakh people are not subject
    to bargaining."

    A reception on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of RA Independence
    took place on September 30 at Tehran's Ararat sports and cultural
    complex. The RA NA delegation also took part in the reception. RA NA
    Speaker Hovik Abrahamian gave a speech during the event.

    The delegation led by the RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian returned to
    Yerevan early in the October 1 morning.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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