Yerevan, March 19 /Mediamax/. Today at 14:05 the Armenian and Iranian President Robert Kocharian and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad opened the Iran-Armenia gas-pipeline, special correspondent of Mediamax reports from Meghri.

The ceremony should have started in the morning, however, because of bad weather conditions, the helicopter did not manage to convey the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Meghri in time.

The Leaders of the two countries are expected to speak during a news conference soon.

The Armenian and Iranian Energy Ministers signed an intergovernmental agreement today in Meghri on the joint construction and exploitation of a Hydroelectric Power Station (HPS) on the Araks river. The signing of the document took place after putting into operation the Iran-Armenia gas-pipeline, in which the Presidents of Armenia and Iran Robert Kocharian and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad participated.

Speaking at a news conference, Robert Kocharian stated that the construction of a joint HPS “will open a new page in the Armenian-Iranian relations”.

He stressed that 15 years ago there was nothing in Meghri, evidencing the Armenian-Iranian relations, and the two sides were separated by a barbed wire.

“Today, there are many things here evidencing our growing relations. By the bridge, on which I met the Iranian President today, 600 thousand tons of cargo was transported last year”, the Armenian President stated.

Robert Kocharian highlighted that the economic cooperation of Armenia and Iran started touching upon large infrastructure projects.

The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated that he discussed with Robert Kocharian the issues of cooperation in the sphere of energy, transport, communication and water industry.