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Azerbaijani parliament speaker meets with Iranâ€™s president, foreign minister and other top officials

22 February 2010 07:28 (UTC +04:00)

They discussed the development of relations between the two countries, APA reports quoting AzerTac news agency. Peace talks over the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno Karabakh conflict, ways of the development of economic relations between Azerbaijan and Iran, extension of cultural and humanitarian relations and other issues were also in the focus of attention.

Ogtay Asadov said liberation of Azerbaijani lands occupied by the Armenian military forces would be key factor in long-term peace and stability in the region. He said the conflict could be solved by three ways. First way is implementation of the norms of international law as a result of efforts by the international organizations, second method of economic pressure and the regional countries have large opportunities in this field. The last way is the solution by use of force.
Azerbaijan advocates for the peaceful solution to the conflict and continues its efforts in this direction.

According to Iranâ€™s ISNA agency, Ahmadinejad said other factors had no influence on the Azerbaijani-Iranian relations. The Iranian president emphasized good prospects of development of relations between the two countries and said ceasing of visa regime for Azerbaijani travelers to Iran is an â€œexpression of respect to the Azerbaijani peopleâ€.

The Azerbaijani parliament speaker met with the Iranâ€™s foreign minister Manuchehr Mottaki as well. According to the Iranian media, they discussed bilateral relations between the countries. The Iranian foreign minister said the third countries had no relation to the Azerbaijani-Iranian relations.

Regional and bilateral relations, as well as inter-parliamentary relations were on agenda during the Asadovâ€™s meeting with the Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani. They talked about the historic friendship between Azerbaijani and Iranian people and discussed the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

The Azerbaijani parliament speaker met with the Secretary General of the Iranâ€™s Supreme Council of National Security Said Jalili.

The speaker also visited Azerbaijanâ€™s embassy in Tehran.