This morning, in Yerevan, within the framework of the 140th Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Armenian National Assembly Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan met with the Majlis Speaker of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Larijani.

Welcoming Ararat Mirzoyan, Ali Larijani noted that the ties between the two states are friendly, as evidenced by the recent visit to Iran by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Congratulating Ararat Mirzoyan on being elected Speaker of the National Assembly, Iran’s Majlis Speaker touched upon issues of  parliamentary cooperation and energizing economic relations between the two countries, this according to an Armenian government press release.

Mirzoyan noted that friendly relations between Armenia and Iran are based on centuries-old historical/cultural relations and expressed confidence that  cooperation between Yerevan and Tehran will also develop at the parliamentary level.

In the course of the meeting the interlocutors talked upon the deepening of cooperation in the spheres of high technologies, energy carriers, finance and other spheres.

Ali Larijani invited Mirzoyan to pay an extended visit to Iran, and the Armenian National Assembly Speaker accepted.