ALIRZA SHEIKH-ATTAR: "IRAN IS READY TO ACT AS INTERMEDIARY IN SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT"
Azeri Press Agency
June 5 2008
Azerbaijan
Baku. Ramil Mammadli-APA. "Iran was a mediator in the resolution of
Nagorno Karabakh conflict in the past. Unfortunately, our country
has been debarred from this mission", said Deputy Foreign Minister
of Iran Alirza Sheikh-Attar at the press conference devoted to the
outcomes of his visit to Azerbaijan, APA reports.
According to him, Iran is ready to act as intermediary in settlement
of Nagorno Karabakh conflict again. Despite he expressed his
dissatisfaction with the OSCE Minsk Group’s activity, he stated
that his country backed up the talks within this framework. Alirza
Sheikh-Attar stressed that Iran supported the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan and added that his country had no cooperation with the
separatist Nagorno Karabakh regime.
Moreover, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran said that his country
supported the establishment of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Caspian Littoral States.