Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has said that Iran is intending to develop its ties with neighboring Azerbaijan beyond bilateral relations by tapping the capacity of regional collaboration.
“Iran eyes unique development in ties with Azerbaijan through regional cooperation” the Baku-based Trend News Agency quoted him saying.
The Iranian diplomat who was visiting Baku one week after the state visit by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said a new level of relations between Iran and Azerbaijan has been initiated.
During the visit by President Pezeshkian to Baku on April 28 on invitation of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, a joint statement was issued and 7 memorandum of understanding on expanding trade, economic collaboration, and political coordination were signed.
Khatibzadeh who is Director of the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) of the Iranian Foreign Ministry said, “Iran hopes that after the peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, new perspectives will emerge in regional cooperation.”
“Regional and international processes can provide an opportunity for the development of positive relations between the two countries,” he told the Trend news agency.
"In the region, there is significant potential in the field of energy, joint electricity production, and exchange, and activating these potentials could contribute to the development of economic ties between the two countries."
The Iranian deputy foreign minister was visiting Azerbaijan on the invitation of the Center for International Relations Analysis in Baku during which a memorandum of understanding was signed on academic cooperation and joint projects.
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