Iran FM urges sustainable peace in Karabakh
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called for the settlement of fierce conflict between Armenia-backed and Azerbaijani forces, saying sustainable peace must be established in the disputed border region of Karabakh.
Zarif was speaking in a meeting with his Azeri counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in the northern Iranian city of Ramsar on Tuesday ahead of the fourth session of trilateral talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
“Given prevailing problems and crises in the region, all-out efforts should be made so that we will never witness the escalation of any new problem and crisis,” the Iranian minister said.
The Iranian and Azeri foreign ministers discussed the latest developments in the region and ways to promote Tehran-Baku relations.
Zarif also held a separate meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday.
In a telephone conversation with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian earlier on Tuesday, Zarif expressed Iran’s readiness to help restore calm to the Karabakh region.
The developments come before Azerbaijan confirmed having reached a ceasefire agreement with Armenia-backed rebels over the volatile Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry on Tuesday confirmed a ceasefire agreement that had been announced by the separatist authorities in Karabakh following a new spate of violence between Yerevan and Baku over the disputed territory.
At least 46 people have been killed since April 1, when fighting broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Karabakh.
The landlocked Karabakh region, which is located in the Azerbaijan Republic but is populated by Armenians, has been under the control of local ethnic Armenian militia and the Armenian troops since a three-year war, which claimed over 30,000 lives, ended between the two republics in 1994 through mediation by Russia.
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