Azeri diplomatic delegation to be sent to Tehran soon: Iran FMMarch 6, 2024 - 13:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said a diplomatic delegation from Azerbaijan will be sent to Iran soon, more than a year after bilateral ties were strained after an attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran, IRNA news agency reports. Amirabdollahian made the remarks on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah on Tuesday night. “During the meeting with the foreign minister of Azerbaijan, we agreed that given the trial and indictment of the attacker on the Azerbaijani diplomat, necessary measures be taken soon regarding the sending of the diplomatic delegation of Azerbaijan to Tehran,” he said. The Tehran-Baku relations were strained in January 2023, following a deadly attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran. Azerbaijan closed its diplomatic mission in Iran after the incident, which it called a “terrorist act”, while a probe concluded that the assailant had been motivated by “personal and family-related problems.” 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |