ArmInfo. Iran is interested in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, calling Armenia and Azerbaijan to a dialogue, Iranian MFA representative Bahram Kazemi stated during the briefing.
He reminded that both countries are Iran's closest neighbors. "We have good relations with Azerbaijan, this is an important country for us. We have friendly and good-neighborly relations with Armenia. Conflict, the difference of positions between them takes quite a long time. And the degree of tension increases from time to time. But we expect that they will be able to overcome existing differences, "Kazemi noted, stressing that the settlement of the conflict will strengthen stability and security in the region.
According to him, in Teheran, they closely monitor the ongoing processes in the region and will not allow the conflict in the territories bordering Iran to damage the Iranian population. Kazemi also stressed that the prospect of involving third forces in the Karabakh settlement is troubling Tehran.
To note, we are talking about the possibility of deploying peacekeeping forces in the zone of Karabakh conflict. Iran is categorically against the possibility of deploying peacekeeping contingents of the United States and Europe in the zone of the Karabakh conflict. Iran also permanently declares its readiness to assume the mediating role in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict.