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RUSSIAN ANALYST: AZERBAIJAN AND IRAN "HIT THE RESET BUTTON" IN 2014
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Thursday, May 15, 20:03
In 2014 Azerbaijan and Iran "hit the reset button" in their relations,
well-known Russian analyst Sergey Markedonov said at the Caucasus-2013
international conference in Yerevan.
"There were even no signs of such tendencies in 2013. The foreign
policy of Iran has certainly changed much since Hassan Rouhani became
President of Iran. First of all, Rouhani started settling the top
priority problems in the Iranian foreign policy", he said.
Markedonov thinks that Ilham Aliyev's recent visit to Tehran and his
meeting with Rouhani were the first attempt to evade the confrontation
between the two countries that had lasted throughout the presidency
of Rouhani's predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Today there are all
prospects for qualitatively new relations between the two countries.
The conference is annually organized by the Caucasus Institute with
the support of the Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN). This year
the conference covered the reports of representatives of Armenia,
Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Switzerland. The reports included
a short analysis of the most important developments of 2013 in the
South Caucasus countries.
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Thursday, May 15, 20:03
In 2014 Azerbaijan and Iran "hit the reset button" in their relations,
well-known Russian analyst Sergey Markedonov said at the Caucasus-2013
international conference in Yerevan.
"There were even no signs of such tendencies in 2013. The foreign
policy of Iran has certainly changed much since Hassan Rouhani became
President of Iran. First of all, Rouhani started settling the top
priority problems in the Iranian foreign policy", he said.
Markedonov thinks that Ilham Aliyev's recent visit to Tehran and his
meeting with Rouhani were the first attempt to evade the confrontation
between the two countries that had lasted throughout the presidency
of Rouhani's predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Today there are all
prospects for qualitatively new relations between the two countries.
The conference is annually organized by the Caucasus Institute with
the support of the Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN). This year
the conference covered the reports of representatives of Armenia,
Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Switzerland. The reports included
a short analysis of the most important developments of 2013 in the
South Caucasus countries.