Azerbaijani-Iranian Relations Hold Significant Importance For Regional Development And Security - Fm
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 9. Azerbaijani-Iranian
relations are very important for Azerbaijan from the point of view
of regional development and security, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister
Jeyhun Bayramov told trend at the press availability.
"Azerbaijan has always been interested in the positive
development of relations with Iran. Recently, there has been
tension in relations between the two countries, for which there
were very serious reasons. However, we highly appreciate the visit
of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to Azerbaijan,
his participation in the ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned
Movement, as well as his meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev during this visit," the minister said.
Bayramov noted that, thanks to this meeting, it became
possible to openly discuss all the issues and topics that caused
the tension.
"We see Iran's intention to take serious steps towards
resolving disagreements. In this case, Azerbaijan will take
adequate and reciprocal steps," he said.
Meanwhile, earlier, Iranian FM Hossein
Amir-Abdollahian said that Iran and Azerbaijan agreed to develop
the South Araz corridor project in the future.
"This will give an impetus to Iranian-Azerbaijani
relations in the field of communications. We can say that this
corridor will play a very important role in connecting the main
part of Azerbaijan with Nakhchivan. We had very extensive
discussions with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev about opening
communications in the region," he said.
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