On 16 May, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Islamic Republic of Iran Artashes Tumanyan met with the Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Eslami.
The RA Embassy in Iran reported.
Ambassador Tumanyan briefed on the situation created by the Azerbaijani invasion to Armenia, noting that Armenia expects the support of friendly Iran to put an end to Azerbaijan’s provocative actions aimed at territorial integrity of Armenia and destabilization of the region.
Reaffirming the need to preserve the territorial integrity of the countries and the principle of inviolability of borders, the parties discussed the work on the implementation of the ” Persian Gulf-Black Sea International Transport and Transit Corridor” program.
Minister Eslami expressed the readiness of the Iranian leadership to launch the above-mentioned crucial transport corridor, which, according to the Minister, is aimed not only at economic development, but also at ensuring regional security.
Ambassador Tumanyan stressed the need to strengthen the north-south transport axis, noting that it is in the interests of all countries involved in the program and is the best way to curb the destabilization aspirations of the region.
