BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 13.
Ties between Iran and Azerbaijan will hopefully further develop and
relations will be strengthened, Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar
Momeni told Trend
in an exclusive interview.
"Relations between Iran and Azerbaijan have historical roots.
The two countries share commonalities in many areas, including
culture, religion, history, and social interests. All of this paves
the way for the enhancement of relations between the two nations.
Currently, relations between the two countries are moving in a
positive direction.
Given the positive rapport between the presidents of the two
countries, the level of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran has
risen over the past two years," he said.
The minister added that discussions regarding the further
development of ties between the two countries took place during the
visit and the high-level meetings held. Moving the agreements
reached between Azerbaijan and Iran into the implementation phase
is considered one of the objectives of the visit. Overall,
constructive talks were held within the framework of the visit.
Momeni said that relations between the two countries are at an
excellent level in areas such as the economy, trade, security, and
border crossings, as well as in other spheres of mutual interest to
the interior ministries of Iran and Azerbaijan.
According to him, it was decided during the visit to establish
joint working groups to address key issues and further develop
relations between the two countries.
Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni visited Azerbaijan on
October 12, accompanied by Head of Iran's Crisis Management
Organization, Hossein Sajedinia, Governor of Ardabil, Masoud Emami
Yeganeh, Governor of Gilan Province, Hadi Haghshenas, member of the
Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee,
Yaghoub Rezazadeh, and advisors to the Interior Minister, Hamid
Khajenejad and Mehdi Javaheri.
