Iran solved outstanding issues with Azerbaijan: Tehran
Ties between Iran and Azerbaijan have reportedly improved, according to the speaker of the Iranian Parliament, after several disputes between the two countries.
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Iranian Parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf (AP Photo)
The existing misunderstanding between Tehran and Baku has been solved, said Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohamad Baqer Ghalibaf on Monday after a meeting with his Turkish and Azerbaijani counterparts.
Ghalibaf's words came during a press briefing after he made a visit to Turkey to attend the 13th session of the Assembly of Asian Parliaments (APA).
The speaker, touching on a tripartite meeting with his counterparts from Ankara and Baku, stressed that issues related to the transportation and transit of goods and energy were being discussed between the three countries.
Furthermore, the parties also discussed the prospect of holding tripartite meetings at the level of the foreign ministers, defense ministers, and heads of state.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Azeri ambassador to Tehran in early November to protest the ongoing propaganda campaign by the country’s officials and media against the Islamic Republic.
The ministry expressed its strong protest over top Azeri officials' "unfriendly remarks" and the country’s media campaign against Iran, calling for an immediate end to such actions and for acting toward the prevention of their repetition.
Last year, ties between the two countries had improved after the two countries quarreled over what he described as the unauthorized cargo coming from Iran to Nagorno Karabakh and Baku's apparent "rapprochement" with "Israel."
Azerbaijan had sent a diplomatic notice to Iran's ambassador in August 2021 protesting cargo trucks passing across Iran's territory without Azerbaijan's authorization on their way to Karabakh, since it considers it as a part of its national territory.
Iran accused Azerbaijan of providing a base of intel operations for "Israel." Tehran accused Tel Aviv of exploiting the Karabakh conflict to gain access to Iran's borders via Azerbaijan, while also attempting to inflame tensions between Baku and Tehran.
The APA was established back in 2006 at the seventh session of the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP), with 42 Member Parliaments and 16 observers.
The assembly was created as a forum for the member states to exchange views, ideas, and experiences to develop common strategies and promote peace in Asia and the rest of the world.
The APA's structure is made up of the Plenary, the Executive Council, the Bureau of the Assembly, the Committees, and the Secretariat.
The Plenary is responsible for approving decisions, resolutions, and declarations, as well as submitting reports on the general policies of the APA and other subjects that have to do with its activities and jurisdiction.
