UK, Iran to formalize embassy closuresJune 28, 2012 - 13:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The UK, which shut its embassy in Tehran last year after an assault, has reached an agreement with Iran to open interests sections, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said. According to IRNA, Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Oman will be in charge of the Iranian interests section in London, while Sweden will represent British interests in Tehran. “There have been other discussions and facilities as well for our fellow citizens in UK so that they would face no problem in their consular affairs, and we have to wait and see what the course of the future developments would be,” Salehi said. According to Bloomberg, the British Foreign Office wasn’t immediately able to comment on the reports. The UK closed its embassy in Tehran and ordered Iran to remove its diplomats from London after the sites were stormed in November by the pro-government Basij militia, which accused Britain of links to the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |