Iran to continue ties with Azerbaijan, Armenia – envoy

Space TV, Baku
4 Jul 05

[Presenter] The new Iranian president and government recognize
Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, the Iranian ambassador to
Azerbaijan, Afshar Soleymani, has said. But the new government’s
relations with Armenia will not be bad either.

[Soleymani in Azeri] You touched upon the Armenia issue. In its
foreign policy, Iran prefers to have relations with all of its
neighbours irrespective of whether it is a Muslim country or not. A
neighbour may not happen to be Muslim. But Iran wants to continue its
relations with all of its neighbours, and, naturally, these relations
are not directed against any country. That is to say, Iran’s relations
with one country do not harm its relations with another and, by and
large, relations are built on the basis of mutual interests.