(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Azeri officials pledged not to allow anyone to use their country's soil as a launch pad for attacking the Islamic Republic of Iran, a senior Iranian police commander said.
"Our friends in Azerbaijan's border guard pay special attention to their borders and have announced in their messages that they will not allow any move be taken from their country's soil against Iran's borders," Commander of the Iranian Border Guard Units General Hossein Zolfaqari said on Monday.
Meantime, the commander said that Iranian border guard units have adopted proper measures to intensify border control and started sealing the country's Northwestern borders.
On Friday, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov underlined that his country will not allow enemies to use its soil as a launch pad for attacking other countries, specially Iran.
"Azerbaijan will never allow an action against Iran from its soil," Mammadyarov said at a meeting with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit here in Tehran.
"The age-old history and culture of the two nations doesn't allow anyone to harm the brotherly ties between Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan," he added.
His remarks came after Iran warned Azerbaijan not to allow Israel to use the country's territory as a launch pad to stage terrorist activities against the Islamic Republic.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi made the remarks during a meeting with Azeri Ambassador to Iran Javanshir Akhundov in Tehran late February.
The warning came in response to reports that Azerbaijan had signed a $1.6 billion deal with Israel for the purchase of drones and anti-aircraft and missile systems.
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3 September 2012 - 09:30
News ID: 344144
Azeri officials pledged not to allow anyone to use their country's soil as a launch pad for attacking the Islamic Republic of Iran, a senior Iranian police commander said.
