DM: IRAN READY TO MEDIATE IN KARABAKH DISPUTE
Fars News Agency
March 13 2012
Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi
voiced Tehran's readiness to help resolve the territorial dispute
between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
"Iran is ready to develop relations with Republic of Azerbaijan and
to help the resolution of Karabakh issue," Vahidi stated in a meeting
with his Azeri counterpart Safar Abiyev.
Iran has already voiced its readiness to help resolve the territorial
dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh
region.
Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohammad Baqer Bahrami announced
in March 2010 that Azerbaijan and Armenia have both asked Iran to
mediate in the dispute.
"The two sides have accepted that Iran (should) utilize all the
potential which exists in the region to help resolve the crisis in
this region," the envoy said at the time.
Elsewhere Vahidi noted that Iran and Azerbaijan Republic as two
important countries of the region should confer on international
affairs.
He announced Iran's readiness to provide Azerbaijan with its needed
military equipment.
Fars News Agency
March 13 2012
Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi
voiced Tehran's readiness to help resolve the territorial dispute
between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
"Iran is ready to develop relations with Republic of Azerbaijan and
to help the resolution of Karabakh issue," Vahidi stated in a meeting
with his Azeri counterpart Safar Abiyev.
Iran has already voiced its readiness to help resolve the territorial
dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh
region.
Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohammad Baqer Bahrami announced
in March 2010 that Azerbaijan and Armenia have both asked Iran to
mediate in the dispute.
"The two sides have accepted that Iran (should) utilize all the
potential which exists in the region to help resolve the crisis in
this region," the envoy said at the time.
Elsewhere Vahidi noted that Iran and Azerbaijan Republic as two
important countries of the region should confer on international
affairs.
He announced Iran's readiness to provide Azerbaijan with its needed
military equipment.