May 05, 2014 | 16:51
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian praised Iran for balanced and moderate stance on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
His comments came during a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran.
The Armenian foreign minister reiterated that during his talks with Zarif they have discussed achievement of a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, Fars agency reported.
Javad Zarif, in turn, announced Tehran’s preparedness to play a stronger role in the region to establish peace an stability.
“Iran always hopes that our region will become a region of peace and friendship and the Islamic Republic has spared no effort to this end and is ready to play a stronger role in the establishment of peace and stability in the region,” the agency quotes Zarif.
He referred to the current critical situation in Syria and Ukraine, and said, “Settlement of the regional issues is not in need of conflict and dispute.”
Zarif said that the ministers had discussed different issues pertaining to the two countries’ bilateral relations in political, economic, parliamentary and cultural fields, and expressed the hope that Tehran and Yerevan would witness expansion of ties in all these areas.