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“Iran has showed constructive and balanced stance on Nagorno Karabakh conflict from the onset, and Artsakh values that approach. Since 1990s Iran has consistently come up with mediation missions. Those initiatives are passive today, yet Iran continues its active involvement in the regional politics,” press secretary to the Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Republic President Davit Babayan told Panorama.am, while commenting Iranian President Hasan Rouhani’s statement on the necessity of establishing peace and security in the region and the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict.

“The Artsakh issue is the integral part of that geopolitics and is not viewed as a separate matter. Consequently, Iran influences on regional political processes. Tehran has always highlighted the peaceful settlement of the conflict, ruling out the war and the use of force. This is important and lies in Iran’s interest, since the Islamic Republic borders with Armenia, Artsakh, and Azerbaijan,” Babayan explained, adding Iran realizes that a full-scale war in the region will inevitably involve the country in the conflict as well.

“That was the case both in 1991-1994 when Azerbaijan illegally used the Iranian territory, and during the April War (2016) when Azerbaijanis shelled the Iranian territory, as later claimed unintentionally,” Babayan concluded.