Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has stressed the necessity for regional cooperation in order to meet the current challenges across the region, and voiced Tehran's readiness to host a foreign ministerial meeting within the “3+3” group comprising three South Caucasus countries and their three neighbors in Tehran, Fars News reports.
Amir Abdollahian made the remarks in a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Viktorovich Grushko in Tehran.
The Iranian diplomat stressed the importance of regional cooperation and announced Iran’s readiness to host a meeting of foreign ministers of countries of the 3+3 format, namely Russia, Iran, Turkey plus three Southern Caucasus nations.
Back in September, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to solve their territorial disputes through dialogue, warning that Tehran will not tolerate any change to the borders of the countries in the region.
Delivering a stern warning against any attempt aimed at changing the regional borders in the vicinity of Iran, the top military commander called on neighboring Azerbaijan and Armenia to resolve their border issues peacefully.
“We have repeatedly declared that we do not tolerate any changes to the region’s borders,” Major General Baqeri said.
“We advise Azerbaijan and Armenia to resolve their problems through peaceful channels. We do not tolerate any resort to clashes and war and will not sit idly by in the face of it,” he added.
