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Fars News Agency, Iran
June 15 2013
Envoy: Iran Ready to Mediate in Karabakh Dispute
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Pakayeen voiced
Tehran's readiness to help resolve the territorial dispute between
Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The Iranian diplomat told reporters on Friday that the Islamic
Republic, as the president of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), can use
its relations with both Azerbaijan and Armenia to help resolve the
Karabakh dispute as soon as possible in line with Azerbaijan's
territorial integrity.
"Iran's close relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia provide the
opportunity to resolve the dispute (between the two countries),"
Pakayeen said.
Despite facing strong international pressure, the Armenian and
Azerbaijani leaders have failed to agree on the basic principles of
ending the Karabakh conflict put forward by Russia, the United States,
and France in 2011.
Armenia and Azerbaijan remain officially at war over Karabakh and the
dispute is a major source of tension in the South Caucasus region
wedged between Iran, Russia and Turkey.
No country - not even Armenia - officially recognizes Karabakh as an
independent state.
The rebel region has been controlled by ethnic Armenians since it
broke free of Baku's control after a fierce war in the early 1990s
that killed 30,000 people.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn'03182986
June 15 2013
Envoy: Iran Ready to Mediate in Karabakh Dispute
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Pakayeen voiced
Tehran's readiness to help resolve the territorial dispute between
Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The Iranian diplomat told reporters on Friday that the Islamic
Republic, as the president of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), can use
its relations with both Azerbaijan and Armenia to help resolve the
Karabakh dispute as soon as possible in line with Azerbaijan's
territorial integrity.
"Iran's close relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia provide the
opportunity to resolve the dispute (between the two countries),"
Pakayeen said.
Despite facing strong international pressure, the Armenian and
Azerbaijani leaders have failed to agree on the basic principles of
ending the Karabakh conflict put forward by Russia, the United States,
and France in 2011.
Armenia and Azerbaijan remain officially at war over Karabakh and the
dispute is a major source of tension in the South Caucasus region
wedged between Iran, Russia and Turkey.
No country - not even Armenia - officially recognizes Karabakh as an
independent state.
The rebel region has been controlled by ethnic Armenians since it
broke free of Baku's control after a fierce war in the early 1990s
that killed 30,000 people.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn'03182986