TEHRAN – Iran and Armenia have agreed to remove obstacles to land travel, increase direct flights and expand health tourism cooperation, with plans to hold their sixth joint technical tourism committee meeting in Tabriz, Iran’s deputy tourism minister has said.
Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey announced the agreements following the 19th Iran-Armenia joint commission on cooperation, held in Yerevan on November 9 and 10.
He said tourism was among the key areas discussed during the meeting, which reviewed bilateral cooperation and produced a joint memorandum of understanding.
Mohseni-Bandpey highlighted the two countries’ longstanding historical and cultural ties, saying they offered considerable potential for expanding people-to-people exchanges and tourism.
One of the main priorities is addressing difficulties affecting land travel, particularly problems at border crossings. Under the agreement, a joint meeting involving officials from Iran’s East Azarbaijan province and Armenia’s Syunik province, including representatives of the tourism sector, will be organized to identify obstacles and develop practical solutions.
Iran’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization, Ministry of Transport and Urban Development, and the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration have also expressed readiness to cooperate in facilitating cross-border travel, he said.
The sixth joint technical tourism committee meeting is expected to take place in Tabriz in the near future, following the fifth meeting held in December last year.
