Iran says has drawn up plan for resolution of Karabakh conflict
Iran Press TV
Monday, 05 October 2020 11:35 AM
Iran has announced the general outlines of a plan for the resolution of the Karabakh conflict which has flared since last week.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeid Khatibzadeh said Tehran's proposal is based on "respecting the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and withdrawal of military forces from the occupied cities".
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has prepared a plan that will be pursued in consultation with the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, the governments of the region and its neighbors, and we hope to be able to end this war as soon as possible within the framework of this plan, which is being finalized," he said.
Hundreds of people have been killed in the latest outbreak of war over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountain enclave that belongs to Azerbaijan under international law but is governed by a separatist Armenian-backed leadership.
Khatibzadeh said Iran is closely and carefully monitoring the conflict and is in constant contact with all the concerned parties.
"From day one, Iran declared to all parties that there was no military way to resolve this decades-long conflict. While respecting the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and the withdrawal of troops from the occupied cities, we emphasize the need for an immediate cessation of hostilities to begin political and timely talks between the two sides and the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to make every effort," he said.
Tehran, he said, would pursue its proposal in consultation with both Azerbaijan and Armenia as well as regional governments and its own neighbors.
Khatibzadeh also warned that the Islamic Republic would not tolerate the conflict on its borders and the invasion of its territory, after several rockets landed in areas populated by Iranian Azerbaijanis.
"These issues are among Iran's red lines so that Iran's borders would not even be unknowingly and unintentionally attacked."
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