Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister emphasized the need to solve the problems between Armenia and Azerbaijan, calling on Tehran and Moscow to cooperate in the Caucasus region in accordance with their interests. According to Mehr agency, he announced this at the meeting with Igor Khovayev, Russia’s special envoy for the regulation of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations in Tehran on Sunday.
Bagheri Kan called the Caucasian region a sphere of national security and interests of both countries and emphasized the need for cooperation between the two countries.
“The importance and sensitivity of the current events in the Caucasus region, especially the growing trend of intervention by foreign forces, requires strategic coordination and constant consultations between the officials of Iran and Russia,” Bagheri Kani said, adding that the activities of the regional “3+3” format should be maximized. .
The representative of Russia, in turn, emphasized the need for close and constant interaction and coordination between the authorities of the two countries to fight against the interference of extra-regional players.
“3+3” is a regional cooperation format initiated by Turkey and supported by Russia after the 44-day Karabakh war. It implies the participation of the three South Caucasian countries – Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan – as well as the three powers of the region – Russia, Turkey and Iran. Georgia has announced that it is not joining the platform due to conflicts with Russia.