YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, ARMENPRESS. Defense Minister of Armenia Vigen Sargsyan who is on an official visit in the Islamic Republic of Iran met with Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran Hossein Dehghan on January 31.

As “Armenpress” was informed from the press service of MoD Armenia, the top military official of Iran welcomed the Armenian delegation and congratulated on the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Armenian Armed Forces. Stressing the high level of Armenian-Iranian cooperation, the Defense Ministers of both countries expressed readiness to further deepen and expand bilateral relations.

Vigen Sargsyan noted that it is necessary to organize regular meetings and develop an agenda of consultations so as to be able to deepen Armenian-Iranian relations.

Apart from bilateral issues, the sides also discussed issues of regional and international security and settlement of conflicts.

Referring to Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement and highlighting the efforts aimed at ensuring regional peace and stability, the sides emphasized the importance of exclusively peaceful and negotiated settlement of the conflict.

At the end of the meeting Vigen Sargsyan and Hossein Dehghan gave a joint press conference summarizing the results of the talks.

On the same day the Armenian delegation visited Tehran-based Malek Ashtar University of Technology, one of the key research directions of which are defense programs. Noting that military industry is of key importance for Armenia, Vigen Sargsyan attached great importance to deepening Armenian-Iranian defense cooperation also in scientific sphere.

Afterwards, the Armenian delegation also visited “Iran Electronics Industries” specialized in engineering and implementing technological solutions for the defense spectrum.