Interfax, Russia
March 13 2009

Tehran ready to help resolve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict – minister

YEREVAN March 13

Iran is prepared to help settle the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh,
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told a news conference in
Yerevan on Friday.

"Iran has always expressed its readiness to contribute to the
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. I hope that we will be
able to help restore stability," Mottaki said.

According to the minister, he met with Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov on the sidelines of the Economic Cooperation
Organization’s summit in Iran two days ago. Mottaki said he and the
Azeri minister stressed that all conflicts in the region should be
resolved peacefully and through negotiations.