Zarif to visit Moscow, Baku - Tehran instances

TEHRAN â€" foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif can be traveling Moscow and Baku on Monday and Tuesday to discuss plenty of bilateral and regional considerations such as the crisis in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the foreign ministries of Iran and Russia have spoke of.

“The Minister of overseas Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran can pay a visit to Russia and Azerbaijan on Monday and Tuesday next week, November 23-24, with the purpose of maintaining talks with the regional parties. Nagorno-Karabakh and the latest traits in the location, in addition to bilateral considerations, are on the agenda,” the Iranian international Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh referred to in a tweet on Thursday.

this is the primary seek advice from by Zarif to Russia and Azerbaijan since the outbreak of the war in the disputed location of Nagorno-Karabakh in late September. The forty four-day warfare turned into dropped at an conclusion on November 10 when Baku and Yerevan signed a Russian-brokered ceasefire deal that entailed the return of occupied territories to Azerbaijan and the establishment of “transport links” between the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia in addition to between the landlocked Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and mainland Azerbaijan.

Iran has welcomed the ceasefire contract while underlining that the existing overseas borders in the area may still not be changed.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes the agreement reached among the many Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation, which led to a ceasefire and a cessation of hostilities, and hopes that this agreement, the ideas of that have been covered within the initiative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, will result in the establishment of lasting peace within the Caucasus area in such a method that comprises peace and prosperity for the individuals in all international locations of the location and gets rid of latest concerns,” the Iranian international Ministry pointed out in a press release following the signing of the ceasefire contract.

The commentary additionally underlined the should recognize the sovereignty and territorial integrity, and inviolability of the legitimate foreign borders while calling for the liberation of occupied territories, the return of refugees, and recognize for the rights of minorities, as neatly because the withdrawal of all Takfiri forces and overseas fighters from the vicinity.

Iran additionally expressed readiness to assist within the deployment of Russian peacekeeping forces in the battle zone.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran also publicizes its readiness to aid within the deployment of peacekeeping forces of the Russian Federation along the contact strains according to clauses 3 and four of the ceasefire contract,” the Iranian overseas Ministry talked about, referring to the clauses within the peace contract that articulate the mission of the Russian peacekeeping forces.

Clauses three and 4 of the peace settlement define the places where Russian peacekeeping forces will be deployed.

The third clause stipulates that “alongside the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the Lachin hall, a peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation will likely be deployed within the quantity of 1,960 military personnel with small arms, 90 armored personnel carriers, 380 gadgets of automobile and particular device.”

And the fourth clause extra stipulates that “the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation shall be deployed in parallel with the withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces. The peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation might be deployed for a period of 5 years with computerized extension through extra five-year periods if not one of the parties pronounces six months earlier than the expiration of the length of its intention to terminate the utility of this provision.”

Russian international Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also supplied some particulars about Zarif’s upcoming consult with to Russia, announcing Zarif will consult with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov a lot of considerations including the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh.

speaking at a press convention on Thursday, the spokeswoman talked about, “The facets are expected to proceed the trade of views on various probably the most important international issues, together with the situation within the Nagorno-Karabakh location, the Joint complete Plan of motion on the Iranian nuclear software, tendencies in Syria, Afghanistan and the [Persian] Gulf area. Sergey Lavrov and Mohammad Javad Zarif will certainly discuss the bilateral agenda, basically trade and economic cooperation in key joint energy and transport projects, and the chances for deepening cultural and humanitarian ties.”

Zakharova also praised Tehran-Moscow relations, underlining that they're expanding promptly.

“Russian-Iranian family members proceed to extend at once; this plenty is evidenced via the intensive and trust-based mostly talk on the highest degree â€" the presidents of Russia and Iran have spoken through phone on as a minimum 4 events this 12 months,” the spokeswoman mentioned, adding that “despite the spread of the coronavirus infection, standard contacts are maintained between our international locations, together with between the international Ministers â€" this may be Mohammad Javad Zarif’s fourth visit to our nation this year. We also hold an energetic talk on the stage of representatives of parliaments, ministries, and other executive corporations in Russia and Iran.”

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