Armenia’s Ambassador to Iran, Artashes Tumanyan, on Sunday met with the Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology (IT), Mahmoud Vaezi.

In Minister Vaezi’s words, the development and expansion of relations with neighboring countries, including Armenia, is a priority of the foreign policy of the government of President Hassan Rouhani of Iran.

Ambassador Tumanyan, for his part, noted that Armenia stands ready to actively collaborate with Iran in IT and engineering, and expects support from relevant Iranian authorities.

Minister Vaezi, in turn, expressed his full support to the proposal by the Armenian ambassador. He added that Iran has a considerable track-record in implementing telecommunications, satellite and infrastructure projects, and is ready to cooperate in this direction.