Khatemi Conveys Friendship in Azerbaijan

Aliyev made a speech after the agreement was signed in which he stressed that Azerbaijanis are for improving mutual relations and recalled Iran’s support to Azerbaijan on the issue of Nagharno-Karabagh’s Armenian occupation.

Khatemi said that Iranians regard the border as a border of friendship and fraternity and that an Azarbaijani consulate will be opened in Tabriz shortly. Khatemi conveyed his wish that the Nagharno-Karabagh issue be solved by peaceful channels.

During his first visit to Azerbaijan, Khatemi will visit the Speaker of the National Assembly, Murtuz Aleskerov, and make a speech to the parliament. Khatemi expectedly will go to Armenia on Sunday (August 8) for a two-day official visit.

The last time an Iranian president visited Azerbaijan was in 1993 when Hashimi Rafsancani was in power.