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Tehran, Iran — Iran and Russia on Monday denounced European and US interference in tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan at a meeting in Tehran aimed at finding a solution without the West.
“The problems of the region cannot be resolved by the intervention of foreign forces,” Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said, quoted by his office. Lavrov, who had a one-on-one with Raisi, told the meeting that “the door remains open” for Georgia, which was absent on Monday, and that a further meeting was planned in Turkey around the first half of next year.
Russia, the traditional power-broker in the region, has seen its role diminished since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022.Ahead of the talks, Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said Monday it had begun joint drills with its ally Turkey near the border with Armenia.