IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA: PRESERVING PEACE IMPORTANT FOR REGION
PanARMENIAN.Net
February 24, 2012 – 15:43 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Iran’s ambasasdor to Armenia Seyed Ali Sagayan said
he believes his country’s position was the most neutral and balanced
one in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Speaking at a meeting with students of Yerevan State University,
the ambassador noted: “The most important thing is preserving the
peace, in particular, in our region which has the potential to flare
up quickly, as was the case with the Russian-Georgian war.”
Georgian troops attacked the South Ossetia on August 8, 2008 and
ruined part of its capital city Tskhinvali. In an attempt to protect
the population of South Ossetia, most of them being Russian citizens,
Russia’s military entered the republic and forced the Georgian forces
out of the region following five-day hostilities.
In late August 2008 Russia recognized independence of South Ossetia
and another former Georgian autonomy Abkhazia. Tbilisi reacted to
this by breaking off diplomatic relations with Moscow and declaring
the two Transcaucasian republics occupied territories.