Presidents of Iran and Armenia in a phone talk Wednesday evening emphasized need for broader cooperation in political, economic and cultural fields, IRNA reported.
According to the IRNA Wednesday Night News team, the information website of the President's Office quoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying in the phone talk with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan that there are many fields for expansion of ties and cooperation between Tehran and Yerevan.
President Ahmadinejad added, 'The Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes expansion of relations between the two countries to maximum possible level.'
The Iran president meanwhile referred to the record of the historical and cultural relations between the two nations, reiterating, 'The two nations have affectionate and heartfelt feelings for each other and this provides a good potential for ever more expansion and strengthening of bilateral ties.'
The Armenian president, too, in the phone talk referred to the importance of ever more expansion of comprehensive ties, reiterating, 'Armenia is interested more than ever before in expansion of Tehran-Yerevan comprehensive ties, to safeguard the interests of the two nations, as well as those of the other regional nations'.