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Asbarez (5 September 2024)

Iran reportedly has told Russia to “back off” from endorsing Azerbaijan scheme to establish a land corridor that would connect Azerbaijan proper with Nakhichevan through Armenia’s Syunik Province, commonly referred to as the “Zangezur Corridor,” according an article published in the Iranian Tasnim news agency.

The Tansim article said that Iranian officials have advised Russia “to avoid taking measures that may impair the strategic relations between Moscow and Tehran, because the idea of the Zangezur corridor will create a new flashpoint near the very delicate boundaries of northwestern Iran.”

The article, in the semi-official Tansim news agency, comes days after Russia’s Ambassador to Iran was summoned to address recent statements by Russian Foreign Sergey Lavrov, who accused Armenia of “sabotaging” the opening of a corridor based on the November 9, 2020 agreement.

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