Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian today announced that he plans to visit Armenia and Azerbaijan soon for talks.

"Focusing on neighbors, including the northern neighbors, is one of the foreign policy priorities of the new Iranian government," said Hossein Amir-Abdollahian according to the Mehr news agency.

The Iranian Foreign Minister said Armenia and Azerbaijan are “two good neighbors of Iran” and has common interests with both.

“Iran's foreign policy is a balanced foreign policy,” he said according to Mehr.

Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian noted that Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan recently visited Iran and that Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister can do the same.

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