ARMENPRESS presents the speech of Ararat Mirzoyan.
“Dear Mr. Amir-Abdollahian,
Dear colleagues,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
First of all, I would like to thank the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Amir-Abdollahian, my colleague, a good friend, for the invitation, for the warm reception, for the effective discussions and negotiations.
During our discussions with Minister Abdollahian in an atmosphere of friendship and mutual trust, we expressed satisfaction with the high level of Armenian-Iranian relations and the regularity of high-level contacts. We stressed that our partnership is based on the millennia-old brotherhood, and expressed mutual readiness to deepen our strategic partnership in all directions.
We discussed regional developments in detail. Naturally, I referred in detail to the recent Azerbaijani-Turkish aggression against Nagorno Karabakh and its aftermath. We, of course, also noted that mercenary terrorists from various hotspots took part in that aggression.
I mentioned that many humanitarian problems still remain after the war. Although Azerbaijan assumed the obligation to release all Armenian prisoners of war and civilian hostages at the moment of cessation of hostilities, they are still being held in Baku. Their release and repatriation must take place immediately.
I have mentioned that we have agreed that Armenia and Azerbaijan should start talks on opening regional communications through Russian mediation, but there are also problems here between the parties.
Armenia has stated and states that it is open to talk about opening communications, while Azerbaijan is trying to misinterpret it and speaks about the so-called "Zangezur Corridor", about which there has been no word or agreement.
Both this and Azerbaijan's encroachments on the sove...
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