There is no alternative to a peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict, said the chairman of the Iranian Majlis Ali Larijani during a meeting with the Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on June 5 in Tehran.

Welcoming Nalbandian, he noted that the Armenian - Iranian relations are on a high level  and that Iran's Majlis will continue to further enlarge the relations. Edward Nalbandian congratulated Ali Larijani on behalf of the Armenian leadership for being re-elected as a Chairman of the Majlis.

The interlocutors highly assessed the role of parliaments in the development of bilateral relations. The parties stressed the importance of the Armenian community of Iran in strengthening ties between the countries. Larijani noted that the MPs of the Armenian origin in the Iranian parliament, Zhorzhik Hanlaryan and Karen Abrahamyan , make an important contribution.

Foreign Minister Nalbandian introduced in detail the efforts made to overcome the consequences of large-scale military actions unleashed by Azerbaijan at the beginning of April. The interlocutors shared the opinion that there is no alternative to a peaceful settlement to the conflict.

In the context of economic cooperation, Armenian and Iranian officials discussed the prospects of cooperation between the EAEC and Iran . In the evening of the same day Edward Nalbandian visited Ararat sports and cultural center, where he met with the heads of the Armenian organizations in Iran, introduced them the issues that had been discussed at the meeting, which are on the agenda of the Armenian foreign policy.