Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Armenia by the end of this year, diplomatic sources announced. Speaking in a joint press conference with his visiting Iranian counterpart in Yerevan on Tuesday, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said the Iranian President visit Yerevan by the end of this year. According to him, preparation for the Iranian leader\'s visit to Armenia was among the issues discussed during the meeting of Armenian and Iranian Foreign Ministers. Earlier this month, the Director-General of the Iranian Presidential Office for International Affairs had told FNA that President Ahmadinejad would pay a visit to Armenia in the near future. Mohammad Reza Forqani also mentioned that Ahmadinejad was due to visit Armenia at the invitation of President Serzh Sargsian on June 4, but the trip was called off. The Iranian president was last in Armenia in October 2007. During his two day visit to the Central Asian state, Ahmadinejad met with university students and professors and Iranian expatriates in Armenia, and signed four agreements and a joint statement. Also during the same visit, the University of Yerevan granted an honorary PhD degree to the Iranian president. Sargsian was in Tehran in March to attend the Iranian New Year festivities.