ArmInfo.RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in an interview with Al- Jazeera TV channel, answering a question about Armenia's relations with neighboring countries, in particular with Iran, which "being the Islamic Republic, stood by Armenia in the face of Azerbaijan ", expressed hope for the development of relations with Iran and Qatar.
As Pashinyan noted, Armenia neighbors with four countries, and has very good relations with two of them Georgia and Iran. " Iran is a friendly country for us, which also has good relations with Azerbaijan, we do not intend not to have good relations with countries that have good relations with Azerbaijan. But now we have very close ties with Iran, by the way, we hope that by cooperating with Iran we will be able to expand our bilateral relations with Qatar as well," he said.
According to the prime minister, the RA authorities are now working on developing communications between Iran and Armenia, and are in the process of constructing a very strategic North-South highway, which connects the border of Armenia with Georgia to the border with Iran.
"We hope that as a result of this program, our economic relations with Iran will develop. By the way, the Eurasian Economic Union, I have already said that Armenia is a member of it, has a free trade agreement with Iran, which is very important in the context of our bilateral relations," Nikol Pashinyan said.
The head of the RA government also expressed hope for the growth of trade between Armenia and Qatar. "I should mention that there is a very warm attitude towards the Arab world in Armenia, because we have traditional relations. Now I hope for the growth of bilateral trade between Armenia and Qatar, because there is a very positive political environment in our bilateral relations with this wonderful country", the Prime Minister said.