Moscow hopeful about speedy settlement of differencies between Tehran, Baku

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Moscow expects differences between Iran and Azerbaijan to be temporary, the sides should soon settle them.

"We hope that the current differences in the Baku-Tehran relations are temporary and the sides will settle them as soon as possible," the Russian top diplomat said on March 29 in a press conference following talks with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, TASS reports.

According to Lavrov, the removal of these difficulties would help the trilateral cooperation of Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan to make progress, including in the context of "the implementation of important projects as part of the development of the North-South international transport corridor."

"We are ready to help our friends with resolving any existing problems," Lavrov added.