The international ministers of Iran and Azerbaijan mentioned “problems and misunderstandings” between the 2 international locations in two cellphone calls, Iranian state media reported on Saturday, days after Baku expelled 4 Iranian diplomats over “provocative actions”.
The expulsions got here amid a deterioration of ties, partly as a consequence of Baku’s bettering relations with Tehran’s arch-enemy Israel. The dispute got here to a head when Baku final week opened an embassy in Israel.
“In these frank and transparent discussions, existing problems and misunderstandings and solutions …were discussed,” state media stated concerning the cellphone calls on Friday and Saturday between Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov.
“The two sides emphasised good neighbourliness and mutual respect for each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the report stated.
During the row, Azerbaijan recommended that Iran might have been related to an tried assassination of an anti-Tehran Azerbaijani lawmaker. Tehran has denied the accusation.
Iran, which has a big inhabitants of ethnic Azeris in its northwest, has strongly criticised Azerbaijan for transferring nearer to Israel, with its international ministry saying it sees the connection between Azerbaijan and Israel as “anti-Iranian”.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
