POSTELECTION PROCESSES IN IRAN INTERNAL AFFAIR, MOSCOW SAYS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
23.06.2009 13:14 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia respects Iran’s presidential election results
and will continue to develop mutually beneficial cooperation and
neighborly relations with Tehran, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
in a statement released on Monday.

The Foreign Ministry said the events that occurred in Iran following
the announcement of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s election victory
were an exclusively internal issue for the country.

"We believe that the disagreements arising after the elections should
be settled in strict compliance with Iran’s Constitution and law,"
the statement said, RIA Novosti reported.