ISNA – Iranian Students News Agency
Feb 20 2010

Larijani: Iran to withhold no assistance to Karabakh dispute settlement

ISNA – Tehran

TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said the country
will withhold no assistance to settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh dispute.

"Expansion of peace and security in the region is one of Islamic
Republic of Iran’s strategic policies and Iran will withhold no
assistance to settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh dispute," he said in a
meeting with Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov in Tehran on
Saturday.

Fast settlement of the crisis is beneficial to all regional countries,
Larijani said adding, "regional countries can take an important step
towards settlement of the issue through cooperation."

He also called for expansion of cooperation on energy, economic and
industrial fields.

Ogtay Asadov on his part said, "policy of the Republic of Azerbaijan
has always been based on expansion of brotherly relations with Iran."

He also said major powers’ ploy was cause of Nagorno-Karabakh crisis
and added that his country seeks to resolve the issue peacefully under
the framework of its territorial integrity.

Also in another meeting with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council
Secretary Saeed Jalili on Saturday, Jalili said settlement of regional
problems is closely related to deep regional cooperation.

Jalili then added foreign countries’ interference in the region seeks
obtaining interests but not creating security and resolving crises.

He also said Iran is ready to employ its potentials to boost security
cooperation with neighboring countries.

Asadov on his part said boosting regional peace is beneficial to all
regional states.

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