TEHRAN TO ANNOUNCE INITIATIVE FOR CAUCASUS CONFLICT RESOLUTION SOON

PanARMENIAN.Net
30.10.2008 14:18 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Shekholislam
said Iran’s proposal for resolving Caucasus conflicts is ready and will
be presented soon after consideration of views of the others countries.

Sheikholislam, on the sidelines of the 16th International Conference
of Central Asia and Caucasus, said, "After Foreign Minister Manouchehr
Mottaki’s visit to the Caucasus, the countries of the region agreed
that Iran will prepare a crisis resolving plan."

He added, "We are now finalizing the content of the proposal with
adding some details."

"We have already received countries experts’ views on the roots of the
crisis and after finalizing the proposal we will give it to Russia,
Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan," Sheikholislam said, IRNA reports.

Foreign Minister of Turkey and Iran met in New York on September 24,
2008 to discuss the situation in the Caucasus.

On August 12, during a visit to Moscow, Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan offered a Caucasus stability and cooperation pact to
include Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia.