Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that countries should take steps so as the bitter experience of the recent war in the Caucasus not to be repeated, IRNA reported.

The only way to do so is through useful cooperation, and Nakhchivan can have a unique role in this and in creating the transportation routes, Zarif said.

Speaking to the reporters after the meeting with the head of the parliament of the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan, Zarif expressed happiness that he started his regional tour in Baku and is bringing it to an end in Nakhchivan, adding that Nakhchivan is central to the future of peace in the region.

Based on the talks on his trips to Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia, Turkey, and Georgia, Zarif hoped that they can create an all-out cooperation for connections in the region—through the South-North and South-West corridors, adding that the corridors will connect the Persian Gulf to Russia and to the Black Sea, in both of which Nakhchivan has an important role.