Donyamali welcomed the Armenian ambassador in the ministry’s headquarters on Tuesday.
“Iran and Armenia have maintained a close and positive relationship over the four decades since the Islamic Revolution. However, despite this warm connection, the level of communication and exchanges between our two countries has not been very notable. Given this, we are eager to establish new collaborations in the fields of sports and youth with Armenia,” Donyamali said.
He said that the Ministry of Sports in Iran aims to leverage the relative strengths of Armenian national teams in certain sports.
“We are interested in utilizing Armenia's potentials in sports such as chess, boxing, rowing, gymnastics, winter sports, and shooting, where they have greater potential compared to us. We can also create conditions to officially sign cooperation agreements between the sports federations of our two countries. Since Iran and Armenia are geographically close and there are no visa issues between us, we can organize joint training camps for our national athletes,” he added.