Iranian president to embark on key visit to Armenia, Belarus
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will pay a key visit to Armenia and Belarus.
In a post on his X account on Saturday, Mahdi Sanaei, an advisor to the president, said Pezeshkian will leave Tehran for Yerevan on Monday and then travel to Minsk.
He added that during the president’s two-day visit, he plans to hold talks with top Armenian and Belarusian authorities about possible avenues for the expansion of relations, particularly in trade fields, and sign documents.
Sanaei noted that the visits to Armenia and Belarus had been scheduled for late June, but were postponed.
He further said President Pezeshkian has also been invited to attend the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in China in late August.
Pezeshkian’s visit comes as Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a US-brokered peace, under which a transport corridor linking Azerbaijan to its landlocked exclave Nakhchivan is to be established.
Under the deal signed in Washington on August 8, Armenia granted exclusive rights to the US to develop a corridor in its southern Syunik province, which borders Iran, to connect Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan.
Iran has long opposed the idea, saying it would change the geopolitical order of the Southern Caucasus and would restrict Iran’s ability to use transport networks in the region.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that Tehran supports the establishment of peace and stability among neighboring countries while it pays special attention to the geopolitical stability of the region and its own national interests.
Top Iranian, Armenian security chiefs hold phone call
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani and Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan held a phone conversation on Saturday.
Grigoryan congratulated Larijani on his appointment as top Iranian security chief and wished him success in the responsible and important post, Grigoryan’s office said in a readout.
He pointed to the establishment of institutional ties between Tehran and Yerevan and expressed hope that the implementation of the valid agreements would continue.
He also hoped that Iran and Armenia would outline new directions of cooperation soon.
Larijani, for his part, said relations with Armenia have strategic significance for Iran.
The SNSC secretary added that bilateral cooperation has always yielded positive results, expressing his readiness to bring his contribution to the multi-sectoral cooperation.
Larijani invited Grigoryan to pay a visit to Iran.
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