IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO BAKU: IRAN RECOGNIZES TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF AZERBAIJAN

arminfo
2007-09-03 19:11:00

Arminfo. Iran recognizes territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and is
for peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict within the frames
of the recognized by the world community borders of the Azerbaijani
republic, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Iran to
Azerbaijan Nasir Hamidi Zari said to "Novosti-Azerbaijan".

The Iranian diplomat expressed bewilderment in connection with the
information disseminated in Armenian mass media with reference to the
Armenian Foreign Ministry, that Azerbaijani journalists distorted
the meaning of the statement made by him recently. ‘The occupied
territories should be released, refugees and displaced persons should
return to their houses, and their damage should be compensated’, –
the diplomat emphasized.

He also added that the Azerbaijani leadership said many times that they
are ready to give high status of autonomy to Nagornyy Karabakh within
Azerbaijan. ‘Official Teheran comes forward with the same suggestion
according to which Jews maybe given high status of autonomy at the Near
East’,- Nasir Hamidi Zari said. He also added that representatives
of the Armenian and Jewish nations together with local population
peacefully co-exist at the territory of Iran, and there are even the
Jewish deputies in the parliament of the country.