Speaker: Iranian president hopes to visit parliament during his next visit to Armenia
24.10.2007,
03:58
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hopes to visit Armenia’s parliament during his next visit to the country, said National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosyan.
YEREVAN, October 23. /ARKA/. President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hopes to visit Armenia’s parliament during his next visit to the country, said National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosyan during the parliament’s session commenting on the sudden departure of Ahmadinejad from Yerevan to his motherland.
“During the morning meeting with Ahmadinejad he asked me to express regret to Armenian MPs for the interruption of the visit to Armenia, and that he had to turn to Iran. He expressed hope that during his next visit he will visit the parliament,” Torosyan said.
He pointed out that explanations have been done about the interruption of the Iranian President’s visit.
Torosyan said that some circumstances made Ahmadinejad return to Iran earlier than scheduled.
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Armenia on a two-day visit on Monday, but he urgently left Yerevan at 12:00 on Tuesday. Deputy Foreign Minister Gehgam Gharibjanyan said that the changes of the schedule are accounted for by domestic problems in Iran.
“In the morning the Iranian side asked to make changes in the program of Ahmadinejad’s visit, as a result of which the visits to the Memorial of the victims of the Armenian Genocide – Tsitsernakaberd, Blue mosque and report of the Iranian President in the National Assembly of Armenia were cancelled,” he said. L.M. –0--
“During the morning meeting with Ahmadinejad he asked me to express regret to Armenian MPs for the interruption of the visit to Armenia, and that he had to turn to Iran. He expressed hope that during his next visit he will visit the parliament,” Torosyan said.
He pointed out that explanations have been done about the interruption of the Iranian President’s visit.
Torosyan said that some circumstances made Ahmadinejad return to Iran earlier than scheduled.
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Armenia on a two-day visit on Monday, but he urgently left Yerevan at 12:00 on Tuesday. Deputy Foreign Minister Gehgam Gharibjanyan said that the changes of the schedule are accounted for by domestic problems in Iran.
“In the morning the Iranian side asked to make changes in the program of Ahmadinejad’s visit, as a result of which the visits to the Memorial of the victims of the Armenian Genocide – Tsitsernakaberd, Blue mosque and report of the Iranian President in the National Assembly of Armenia were cancelled,” he said. L.M. –0--
