On February 18, the President of the RA National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Badakhshan Zohouri.
Touching upon the Artsakh conflict, Ararat Mirzoyan has stated that it is necessary to call into life the affirmed agreements after the tripartite statement of November 9: to carry out the urgent exchange of prisoners of war and other captive persons as a priority with the principle all-for-all. The Speaker also added that the conflict could not be considered solved eventually, unless the issue of Nagorno Karabakh status would be regulated in the format of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship – the Artsakh Armenians’ right to self-determination.
Ambassador Zohouri has informed that the Iranian side welcomes the reaching of the agreement on ceasefire in Artsakh and has reaffirmed the viewpoint voiced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Zarif that the problem of repatriation of prisoners of war shall be speedily solved.
