Recommendation to “refrain from intervention for peace and stability in the Caucasus region”
Raisi meets separately with foreign ministers of both countries in Tehran to mediate
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on the 23rd (local time) that for peace and stability in the Caucasus region, a disputed area between Armenia and Azerbaijan, foreign intervention could be “very harmful” and that regional issues should be resolved through dialogue and cooperation between the parties. He emphasized that
According to Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency, the President’s Office said that President Raisi made these remarks during separate meetings with the foreign ministers of the two countries who visited Tehran.
He told Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, “Iran has a great interest in the security of the countries in the Caucasus region and recognizes its importance,” and said that Iran would take action in resolving the problems between the two countries.
In response, the Armenian Foreign Minister thanked Iran for making strong statements and stepping forward for the development of the Caucasus region, saying that Iran’s help would be needed as there would be a need to hold talks and general meetings among regional countries “at this critically important time.” said.
During his meeting with Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Iranian President Raisi said that Iran has always attached importance to dialogue between neighboring countries in the region to resolve regional problems, adding that there is a need to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries concerned. He emphasized that there is.
Accordingly, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister actively agreed with Iran’s position to prevent foreign intervention in regional issues. He said he was grateful for Azerbaijan’s efforts to preserve its territory.
On the evening of the 23rd, the foreign ministers of the two countries held a meeting with their Iranian, Russian and Russian counterparts and discussed the recent conflict in the southern Caucasus.
At this event, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian announced that he would actively support future peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported.
The Iranian minister warned that there is a risk that this region could become a site of competition between world powers, and repeatedly warned that it would be best to resolve regional disputes among the countries in the region.
Armenia and Arbaijan in the Caucasus Mountains region once again engaged in armed conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region on September 27.
The two countries, which have been fighting over this mountainous area for nearly 40 years since 1988, each speak differently about the situation on this day. Armenia claimed that Azerbaijan attacked Stepanakert, the capital of the disputed region, at 8 a.m. with helicopters and drones and fired tank shells, killing several civilians.
Azerbaijan, on the other hand, countered by saying that the Armenian military shelled the entire border area, killing civilians.
Although the ceasefire talks that the two countries agreed to in 1994 are maintained, intermittent clashes and local wars have continued since then. After a border clash on September 27, 2020, a cease-fire meeting was held again on November 9 of that year through Russian mediation.
As the fighting expanded again on September 19th of this year, Russia stepped forward the next day and achieved cease-fire talks.
Source: Donga