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Azerbaijan urges to avoid hasty conclusions over Iran
by Viktor Shulman
ITAR-TASS News Agency
April 22, 2006 Saturday 07:11 AM EST
The enrichment of uranium by Iran does not mean that the production of
nuclear weapons has been started in that country, Azerbaijani Deputy
Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told journalists here on Saturday.
Commenting on the situation around the nuclear programme of Iran,
he urged "not to draw hasty conclusions" and added that, according
to the estimates of specialists, "two to three years will be needed
for Iran to start the production of nuclear weapons."
At the same time, Azimov believes that, if the situation around Iran
becomes really tense, this will influence the whole of the region. He
thinks it is quite probable that in case of a crisis (a military
campaign against Iran) three regions in the south-western part of
Azerbaijan may be drawn into it. They have a 130-kilometres-long
border with Iran. Armenian armed groups have been staying there since
the early 90s of the past century, and Azerbaijan actually does not
control the area, Azimov continued.
A total length of the Azerbaijani-Iranian border is 750 kilometres.
by Viktor Shulman
ITAR-TASS News Agency
April 22, 2006 Saturday 07:11 AM EST
The enrichment of uranium by Iran does not mean that the production of
nuclear weapons has been started in that country, Azerbaijani Deputy
Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told journalists here on Saturday.
Commenting on the situation around the nuclear programme of Iran,
he urged "not to draw hasty conclusions" and added that, according
to the estimates of specialists, "two to three years will be needed
for Iran to start the production of nuclear weapons."
At the same time, Azimov believes that, if the situation around Iran
becomes really tense, this will influence the whole of the region. He
thinks it is quite probable that in case of a crisis (a military
campaign against Iran) three regions in the south-western part of
Azerbaijan may be drawn into it. They have a 130-kilometres-long
border with Iran. Armenian armed groups have been staying there since
the early 90s of the past century, and Azerbaijan actually does not
control the area, Azimov continued.
A total length of the Azerbaijani-Iranian border is 750 kilometres.