News - Iranian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers discuss peace in the region

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian exchanged views with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov on bilateral issues during a telephone conversation, the Iranian Foreign Ministry's press service reported. Bayramov stated the need to "strengthen dialog and regional mechanisms without the interference of non-regional countries." In turn, the Iranian foreign minister also emphasized the need to strengthen regional mechanisms to establish peace and accelerate convergence. "The more actively we establish regional formats of cooperation, the more benefits will accrue to regional countries," he said. "The foreign ministers of the two countries said they are pleased that Tehran and Baku have stepped up their cooperation, emphasizing the need to expand interaction at regional and international levels," the report said.