YEREVAN (Panorama) -- A memorandum on defense cooperation was signed by the Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar and his Armenian counterpart Micheal Harutunyan in Yerevan on Thursday.

""The consistent policy on defense cooperation between Armenia and Iran will strengthen the atmosphere of trust which has been shaped during centuries and this will become a base for cooperation in favor of peace in both countries,"" Harutunyan said.
The defense ministers agreed to take practical steps in near future on issues discussed in the meeting.
""We talked about trade cooperation and we planed to implement our agreements,"" Mohammad-Najjar said. He believed that Armenian-Iranian cooperation would contribute to regional peace and stability.
He once again reminded that regional conflicts may be resolved through peaceful methods and Iran is ready to utilize all its capacities for that.
Najjar, who has been on a three-day visit to Armenia since Tuesday, said that the relations between Armenia and Iran can serve as a good example of warm and friendly relations between two nations.
Najjar also held a separate meeting with Armenian President Robert Kocharian on Thursday on expansion of cooperation between the two countries. In this meeting, the Armenian president welcomed the recent visit of the Iranian defense minister and expressed hope that it would bear fruitful results for both sides.
Supporting the agreement signed by the two countries' defense ministries, he called for implementation of the agreements endorsed by the two sides' presidents in joint statement.
Najjar, for his part, called his meetings with Armenian military officials as fruitful and promising.
Iran believes in good neighborliness and establishment of mutual understanding with regional countries and is to do its utmost to consolidate peace in the Caucuses region, Persian Gulf and other parts, he said.
It is vital to defuse crisis and security threats in order to prevent unilateralism which would disrupt the world order, he said, adding that comprehensive security would be established through collective cooperation and understanding among regional countries.