In his speech at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Speaker of the Majlis (unicameral parliament) of Iran Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declared that even though Iran welcomes Russia’s efforts for a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, there are still threats in the region as in the past.

“The continuation of the conflict could have created problems on the northern borders of Iran. Iran is content with the fact that Russia made efforts to stop the war, but I believe there are still threats. I am referring to the fact that it is necessary to prevent the presence of terrorist forces in this region,” he said, TASS reported.