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Mon, 05/16/2011 - 10:31
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Iran Favors Negotiated Solution to Karabakh Dispute
TEHRAN, May 16 (FNA)- Nagorno-Karabakh dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan should be resolved through peaceful means and negotiations, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said.
Mehman-Parast said on Sunday that the Islamic Republic of Iran has not changed its stance vis-à-vis Nagorno-Karabakh region which is a matter of dispute between the neighboring countries of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Mehman-Parast made the remark in response to a question by a reporter who asked his position concerning a recent statement by Iranian Embassy in Yerevan on Nagorno-Karabakh region.
"Like before, Islamic Republic of Iran insists on resolving Nagorno-Karabakh issue through peaceful means according to international regulations," he added.
Armenia and Azerbaijan remain officially at war over Karabakh and the dispute is a major source of tension in the South Caucasus region wedged between Iran, Russia and Turkey.
No country - not even Armenia - officially recognizes Karabakh as an independent state.
The rebel region has been controlled by ethnic Armenians since it broke free of Baku's control after a fierce war in the early 1990s that killed 30,000 people.
Mehman-Parast said on Sunday that the Islamic Republic of Iran has not changed its stance vis-à-vis Nagorno-Karabakh region which is a matter of dispute between the neighboring countries of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Mehman-Parast made the remark in response to a question by a reporter who asked his position concerning a recent statement by Iranian Embassy in Yerevan on Nagorno-Karabakh region.
"Like before, Islamic Republic of Iran insists on resolving Nagorno-Karabakh issue through peaceful means according to international regulations," he added.
Armenia and Azerbaijan remain officially at war over Karabakh and the dispute is a major source of tension in the South Caucasus region wedged between Iran, Russia and Turkey.
No country - not even Armenia - officially recognizes Karabakh as an independent state.
The rebel region has been controlled by ethnic Armenians since it broke free of Baku's control after a fierce war in the early 1990s that killed 30,000 people.
