Azerbaijan, Iran Discuss Boosting Security Ties

Date: 04 December 2019 - 22:08

News ID: ۷۳۵۴۳

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Muhammad Hussein Baqeri and First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev on Wednesday exchanged views about a range of issues, including ways to boost security ties between the two neighbors.
Major General Baqeri and Mustafayev discussed security and defense cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan and stressed the need to view boosting the bilateral relations from a strategic perspective.
The Iranian top general said some regional and trans-regional players cannot tolerate friendly relations between the two countries.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran regards the relations between the two countries’ people and Muslim armed forces as one of its strategic priorities and is determined to provide the opportunities and capacities needed to enhance them,” he said.