Iran continues to consider Zangezour route a harmful project for Armenia - Seyyed Ali Khamenei

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YEREVAN, 30 July. /ARKA/. Iran continues to consider the Zangezur route a harmful project for Armenia, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Tehran./pp ‘We strongly believe in the development of relations with Armenia and the cooperation between the two countries will continue strongly based on defined interests and regardless of other people's policies, he said./pp

Hailing the presence of the Armenian delegation in Iran for participating in the inauguration ceremony of Iran's newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian, Khamenei stressed the importance of preserving the territorial integrity of Armenia, saying thatnbsp;the Islamic Republic of Iran considers the Zangezur corridor is not to the benefit of Armenia, Iran's Mehr news agency reported./pp

During the meeting, Pashinyan, for his part, expressed satisfaction with the expanding relations between the two countries and termed his talks with President Pezeshkian constructive and positive./pp

Armenia has repeatedly announced that it does not accept any trans-regional path within its country, he added./pp

Pashinyan was visiting the Iranian capital of Tehran to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian.-0-/pp/p