“I know that he is busy now. I was happy on the election of Hojjat al-Islam Hassan Rouhani as president. We have friendly ties for a long time. I know he has a lot of work in connection with his election. But despite this, I invite him to Azerbaijan. I’m sure that he will be satisfied with this invitation.”
In his turn, Hossein Zolfaqari said that there is a strong control over Iran-Azerbaijan border: “I believe that it will be so in the future. We have very close relations with the command of Azerbaijan State Border Service. Our borders are in safe hands.”