Iran willing to join talks on creation of Caucasus security zone

Iran willing to join talks on creation of Caucasus security zone

Moscow, Nov 1, IRNA
Iran-Russia-Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that Iran has
showed interest in joining talks on creation of a Caucasus security
zone.

"Iran has showed interest in the discussion on creation of a Caucasus
security zone but Russia has not received any proposal on the issue
from Iran yet," Lavrov told journalists, adding that he had raised the
subject during talks with his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki.

He reiterated, "Iran is interested in joining the talks. Iran has not
yet sent any proposals to us."
The Russian minister also spoke of Turkey’s Caucasus Stability and
Cooperation Pact.

"Security issue in Caucasus is discussed in different forms," he said,
adding, "Particularly, Turkey took the initiative to establish
Stability & Cooperation Format in the Caucasus region.