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Foreign Minister Zarif arrived in Nakhijevan Autonomous Republic on Saturday morning and held a meeting with the head of the parliament of the autonomous republic. At a briefing with reporters, the FM said he visited Nakhchivan to discuss the transit facilities and conditions of cooperation after the Karabakh war, IRNA news agency reported. 

In his words, countries should take steps so as the bitter experience of the war in the Caucasus not to be repeated. The only way to do so is through useful cooperation and Nakhijevan Autonomous Republic can have a unique role in this and in creating the transportation routes.

Speaking to the reporters after the meeting with the head of Nakhijevan parliament, Zarif expressed happiness that he started his regional tour in Baku and is bringing it to an end in Nakhchivan, adding that Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is central to the future of peace in the region.

Based on the talks on his trips to Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia, Turkey, and Georgia, Zarif hoped that they can create an all-out cooperation for connections in the region – through the South-North and South-West corridors, adding that the corridors will connect the Persian Gulf to Russia and to the Black Sea, in both of which NAkhijevan has an important role.