Iran has called for a fair settlement of the lingering dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Iran’s minister of labor, welfare and social security, Ali Rabiei, said during a meeting with Azerbaijan’s Prime Minister Artur Rasizade in Baku.
"The territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan is very important to us and we hope the Karabakh dispute could be resolved fairly," Novosti-Azerbaijan cited him as saying.
The Minister noted that Azerbaijan is a major regional ally for Iran, attaching importance to the relations between the two countries.
Artur Rasizade, for his part, described the current state of relations between Iran and Azerbaijan as very good, saying that the two countries should put more efforts into bolstering bilateral ties.
"Iran is a powerful and influential country in the region. Baku is keen to continue cooperating with Iran as a matter of strengthening Islamic unity among the regional countries.
The two countries need to raise their level of economic cooperation," he noted.
