POLITICS
AZERI SPEAKER MEETS IRANIAN PRESIDENT
Tehran, February 22 (AZERTAC). Chairman of Azerbaijan`s Parliament Ogtay Asadov has met Iran`s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as part of his trip to Tehran.
Asadov delivered Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev`s greetings to the Iranian leader.
Ahmadinejad praised the Azerbaijan-Iran relations, saying they were developing “at a very rapid pace”.
They discussed prospects for boosting the cultural and humanitarian cooperation.
The Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was also discussed, and Asadov said the dispute remained “major obstacle” to ensuring peace and stability in the region.
“There are three ways of solving this conflict. The first is to apply international legal norms with the help of international organizations; the second is to make economic pressure, and regional countries have huge possibilities here; and the third is to use force. However, we want the dispute to be solved peacefully, and are working in this context,” the Azeri Speaker said.
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