Iran has voiced concern over the escalation of border tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, urging the two neighbors to exercise restraint,
PRESSTV reports.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan’ani expressed Tehran’s concern during a news briefing on Tuesday, following the border conflict earlier in the day which resulted in the death of four Armenian soldiers.
Kan’ani called for a peaceful solution – through diplomacy – to the dispute between the two sides. The Iranian official said to that end, it was necessary to speed up the conclusion of a peace agreement between the two countries.
