Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that the expansion of ties between Tehran and Yerevan will help to the reinforcement of convergence process among the regional countries, IRNA reported.
Larijani made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting Armenian Justice Minister Herayer Thomasyan in Tehran on Sunday.
He also urged further cooperation between the judiciaries of the two countries.
Larijani described the signing of two agreements between the justice ministers of Iran and Armenia in the field of judicial assistance and extradition of the culprits as effective steps forward.
The Armenian Justice Minister Herayer Thomasyanm, for his part, said that the bilateral relation between Tehran and Yerevan should be regarded as a role-model for bilateral cooperation in the Middle East region.
'The leaders of the two countries are determined to advance their cooperation in different fields,' he added.