The foreign ministers of Iran and Azerbaijan discussed 'problems and misunderstandings' between the two countries in two phone calls, Iranian state media reported on Saturday, days after Baku expelled four Iranian diplomats over 'provocative actions'.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran March 19, 2023. Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS
The expulsions came amid a deterioration of ties, partly due to Baku's improving relations with Tehran's arch-enemy Israel. The dispute came to a head when Baku last week"In these frank and transparent discussions, existing problems and misunderstandings and solutions ...were discussed," state media said about the phone calls on Friday and Saturday between Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov.
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