Iran tries to deescalate conflict between Armenia, Azerbaijan
Iran has called for calm following the increase in tension between its northwestern neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan.
In a phone conversation with his counterparts, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tried to calm tensions on the country’s northwestern border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
In separate phone calls with Armenia’s Foreign Minister Armen Sarkissian Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov Maharram, Zarif called for calm and offered Iran’s help in deescalating tensions between the two countries. The two sides have been fighting once again in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, with each side accusing the other of reigniting tensions in the region.
