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    Emil Lazarian
  • 5 years ago
    • Categories: 2020

Diplomatic scandal brewing between Tehran and Baku over Nagorno-Karabakh

Arminfo, Armenia

ArmInfo.A diplomatic scandal is brewing between Tehran and Baku over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Thus, according to IRNA, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas  Araghchi held a telephone conversation with his Azerbaijani  counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov.

During a telephone conversation, Araghchi noted that Tehran respects  the territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan. At the same  time, he assured that the Islamic Republic of Iran is against any  actions that could provoke a conflict between two neighboring  countries – Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Abbas Araghchi also denied information about the transportation of  fuel, raw materials and food "to the occupied territories of  Azerbaijan" by trucks with Iranian license plates. The deputy foreign  minister of Iran also expressed gratitude to the Azerbaijani side for  providing humanitarian assistance to fight the coronavirus, noting  that despite the closure of borders during the pandemic, cargo  transportation and transit were carried out between the two  countries.

It should be noted that earlier a video was spread on social networks  showing Iranian fuel trucks that allegedly bring fuel and food to  Artsakh. This caused a wide public outcry in Azerbaijan, up to the  demand to call the Iranian ambassador to the Foreign Ministry of  Azerbaijan for clarification. Apparently, this was the reason of  Araghchi- Khalafov conversation.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS