Politics

Mirzoyan presented Raisi with the latest developments in the process of regulating Armenia-Azerbaijan relations

On July 24, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi received Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Tehran. It was noted with satisfaction that a high-level political dialogue was formed between the two friendly and neighboring countries based on mutual respect and the thousand-year-old brotherhood of the two peoples.

Issues related to Armenian-Iranian multi-sectoral cooperation were discussed during the meeting. Thoughts were exchanged on implementing the ambitious bilateral agenda and implementing agreements reached at a high level. In this context, the importance of the performance of current and planned joint projects between the two countries in the commercial, economic, energy, and transport sectors was particularly emphasized.

As a continuation of the discussion held on the same day at the level of foreign ministers, issues related to regional security were also the focus of Ararat Mirzoyan's attention. Ebrahim Raisi was also an issue about regional security. Minister Mirzoyan presented to the President of Iran the latest developments in the normalization of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations and reaffirmed the Armenian side's vision regarding the establishment of lasting peace in the South Caucasus. The need to solve problems through force or the threat of power and to exclude bigoted and hostile rhetoric was emphasized.

Referring to the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh due to the illegal blocking of the Lachin Corridor, Ararat Mirzoyan stressed the imperative to immediately lift the blockade and prevent the ethnic cleansing of the Nagorno-Karabakh population by Azerbaijan.