Tehran: Iran ready to offer any assistance to strengthen security and  stability in the South Caucasus

ArmInfo. The security of the Caucasus region, as well as all that of all its neighbors, including Armenia and Azerbaijan, is important to Iran. This was stated by Esmail Baghaei, the official representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, during a weekly press briefing.

He said that exchanges are being conducted with these two countries  at the diplomatic level, in a constructive manner, adding: "We are  ready to offer any assistance to strengthen security and stability in  the South Caucasus region." Regarding the presence of foreign forces  in the region, the representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry  emphasized that Iran does not consider the presence of foreign forces  as beneficial to regional stability. He added that Tehran believes   the presence of foreign powers in the region actually destabilizes  it, as reported by Mehr.