YEREVAN, APRIL 15, NOYAN TAPAN. On the second day of RA President Serzh Sargsyan's official visit to Iran, on April 14, he met with IRI National Security Supreme Council Secretary Said Jalili. The interlocutors expressed satisfaction with relations developing dynamically between the two friendly countries in an atmosphere of mutual confidence since independence, high-level political dialogue and rich agenda of cooperation. They highly evaluated success recorded in energy, transport, economic, and other spheres and expressed confidence that the implementation of envisaged large-scale infrastructural programs will contribute to further deepening of Armenian-Iranian relations. S. Sargsyan and S. Jalili attached importance to close cooperation between the two countries' National Security Councils. S. Sargsyan also met with IRI spiritual leader Seyyed Ali Khamene in Tehran. The sides expressed confidence that only a region based on peace, stability, and mutually beneficial cooperation can bring prosperity and development to all peoples living there. Highly assessing Seyyed Ali Khamene's contribution to strengthening of Armenian-Iranian relations, S. Sargsyan thanked the Iranian spiritual leader for his considerate attitude in the issue of preservation of Armenian historic-cultural values in that country. S. Sargsyan's and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's joint press conference took place the same day. Summing up the two-day discussions, they highly assessed official visit's results, the evidence of which is signed agreements on cooperation in spheres of economy, energy, transport, trade and banking spheres and on implementation of large-scale programs. Within the framework of the official visit S. Sargsyan also visited the tomb of IRI founding leader ayatollah Khomeyni, laid a wreath to his grave and made notes in the register of tomb's guests of honor. According to the report of the RA President's Press Office, S. Sargsyan's two-day official visit to Iran was concluded by a meeting with nearly 3000 representatives of Iranian Armenian community held in Tehran's Ararat sport and concert complex.

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