ArmInfo. Yerevan and Tehran have reaffirmed their intention to bring the bilateral trade turnover up to $3bln.
During their working visit to Iran, Armenia's Minister of Finance Tigran Khachatryan and Deputy Minister Avag Avanesyan held meetings with Iranian Vice-President Masoud Mir Kazemi, Minister of Economic and Financial Affairs Ehsan Khandozi and a number of high-ranking officials.
At their meeting on November 8, Mr Khachatryan and Ehsan Khandozi highlighted the importance of accomplishing priority economic tasks, particularly bringing the annual bilateral trade turnover up to $3bln and bilateral commodity exchange up to 5mln tons, as well as simplifying and developing financial, banking and customs relations.
Minister Khachatryan described the discussions with the Iranian partners constructive and highlighted the importance of consistent development of Armenian-Iranian relations. The long-standing Iranian-Armenian political and economic ties are the basis of all the bilateral negotiations, he said.
The Minister recalled a 25% growth in the bilateral trade turnover last year, and this figure is expected to reach 40% this year.
In his turn, Minister Ehsan Khandozi pointed out that the Iranian government is closely following the neighboring states' economic policies, with a focus on the Caucasus.
"I hope that this government will be the one to accomplish the task of bringing the bilateral turnover up to $3bln, which the Iranian president and the Armenian premier discussed at their meeting," he said.
