Within the scope of the visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov met with the Chairman of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, Ali Larijani on April 17.
During the meeting, the Minister of Defense noted the important role and the great contribution of numerous meetings and mutual visits of the presidents, state representatives of Azerbaijan and Iran in the expansion of ties between the two countries, as well as in the development and strengthening of bilateral cooperation.
Touching upon security issues in the region, Colonel General Z. Hasanov informed about the negotiations on the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, in particular about the latest incidents recently happened on the line of confrontation of the troops.
A. Larijani, in turn, stressed that Iran has always supported and supports the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, and is a supporter of the peaceful solution of the conflict, within the norms and principles of international law.
The sides have also discussed prospects for development of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Iran in the military, military-technical sphere, as well as regional, global and other issues of mutual interest.