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June 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The issue was underlined in a meeting of Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in Yerevan on Saturday.
During the meeting, Namjou submitted the invitation letter from Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Armenian president to participate in the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit on August 26-31 in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
In a separate meeting with Armenia’s Energy Minister Armen Movsisian, Namjou voiced Iran’s readiness to remove the obstacles in the way of the implementation of joint water and electricity projects.
Movsisian, for his part, called for the speedy execution of the Iran-Armenia third power transmission line and the Aras hydroelectric power plant, saying “the projects serve the interests of both nations.”
Earlier in January, Mir Fattah Ghareh Bagh, the managing director of Iran Grid Management Company (IGMC), said the country’s electricity exports to Armenia will increase upon the completion of the 400-kV power transfer line, which will connect Iran’s electricity network to the Armenian city of Agarak.
According to Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad, the new power transmission line aims at exporting Iran’s electricity to Georgia, Russia and Europe.
Iran is currently exchanging electricity with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Nakhichevan, Turkey and Turkmenistan.
The Islamic republic seeks to become a major regional exporter of electricity and has attracted more than USD 1.1 billion in investments to build three new power plants.
YH/AZ/HJL
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