Iran offers aid to settlement of Karabakh issue

Senior Iranian Foreign Ministry officials renewed their readiness to help resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan."If Armenia and Azerbaijan approve the initiative, Iran is ready to offer solution for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said in a press conference in Kazan, Tatarstan. "Border conflicts always occur between the neighboring states. And trans-regional countries try to use the conflict to interfere in regional issues," he said, and added that Iran supports continuation of negotiations and is ready to assist in settling the territorial conflict between Yerevan and Baku. The spokesman stated also that Iran and Russia can play a significant role in preserving balance in the region. He stressed that close relations and cooperation among friendly states are important under the current world conditions.