YEREVAN. - Currently there is indeed great potential for shifting the ties between the cities of Armenia and Iran to a more practical stage.  Mayor of Yerevan Taron Margaryan said the aforementioned today at the meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Armenia Seyyed Kazem Sajjad.

Margaryan expressed hope that the present warm and friendly ties between Yerevan and Iranian cities will develop further and have businesslike character, Yerevan Municipality press-service representatives told Armenian News – NEWS.am.    

“Considering the present high level of Armenian-Iranian relations, we also attach importance to the enhancement and expansion of mutual cooperation between the municipal authorities of self-government. Your role, as well as that of the Armenian Ambassador to Iran, is certainly great in this issue,” Mayor of Yerevan said.

According to him, warm and friendly relations have been established between the sister cities of Yerevan and Iran, and the mutual cooperation between the municipal authorities is developing effectively. “We are going to enhance such ties also with capital Tehran,” Margaryan said.

For his part, Iran’s Ambassador assured that he will make his contribution to the implementation of programs between Yerevan and Iran cities, and will take specific measures for establishing mutual cooperation between Yerevan and Tehran.

“The programs and work which I witnessed in Yerevan are already sufficient to state that Yerevan is a dynamically developing city with great potential for launching mutually beneficial cooperation. I will do everything within my authority to establish business ties between Yerevan and Tehran as soon as possible, which will be mutually successful and effective,” Seyyed Kazem Sajjad said.