Armenia will never forget Iran’s assistance after its independence.

Anahid Roustamian, Head of Armenia Lazarian International Relations Institute, stated the aforesaid at a meeting Monday dubbed as “Historical and Cultural Ties between Iran and Armenia,” reported IRNA news agency of Iran.    

As per Roustamian, Armenia, after its independence in 1991, had no facilities such as electricity and gas, and Iran offered a lot of assistance to the country, which will never be forgotten.

Recalling academic cooperation between the two countries since 1996, Roustamian expressed the hope that the students can take more steps in this direction.

The head of the institute also said that they are in Iran at the invitation of the Organization of Culture and Islamic Communications, and their main goal is to sign Memoranda of Understanding for exchanging students and discussing different domains of future cooperation.

Mandana Teishe-yar, Deputy Head of Iran-Eurasia Study Institute, for her part, stressed that the expansion of cultural relations will lead to the expansion economic relations.