Iran Welcomes Cooperation Among South Caucasus Nations, Says First VP

Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref stated during a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Kyrgyzstan that Iran supports any cooperation or agreements aimed at reducing tensions and fostering friendly, constructive relations among neighboring and regional countries in the South Caucasus.

He added that, from Iran’s perspective, all countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia can coexist in a peaceful and stable environment, The Caspian Post reports.

On August 8, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of the United States Donald Trump, and Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint declaration on the meeting between the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia in Washington.

On the same day in Washington, as part of the meeting between President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of the US Donald Trump, and Prime Nikol Pashinyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan initialled the draft “Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Inter-State Relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia” and signed a joint statement by the foreign ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (on the closure of the OSCE Minsk Process, the personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict discussed by the Minsk Conference, and the High-Level Planning Group).