Azatutyun. An Iranian vice president has described Armenia and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian as trustworthy, seeking to reaffirm Tehran’s confidence in Yerevan amid criticism of the Armenian government’s plans to implement a U.S.-backed transit project by a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader.
“Armenia and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian are trustworthy for us, and we are in contact with them,” Seyed Hamid Pourmohammadi told reporters in Yerevan on Tuesday.
Asked by RFE/RL’s Armenian Service about the sharp criticism of Pashinian voiced recently by Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Pourmohammadi said Iran’s official positions are expressed by its foreign minister and Foreign Ministry spokesman.
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