Ali Akbar Velayati, senior Advisor for International Affairs to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, says Iran opposes US President Donald Trump’s Caucasus plan as it poses a serious threat to its security, Mehr News Agency reports.

Velayati made the remarks in a meeting with Armenia’s ambassador in Tehran, Grigor Hakobyan, on Monday

“The so-called Trump plan regarding the Caucasus is no different from the Zangezur Corridor, and the Islamic Republic is absolutely opposed to it,” he said.

Velayati explained that the corridor creates “conditions for NATO’s presence north of Iran" and poses a serious threat to the security of northern Iran and southern Russia.

He also said the plan is “practically the same project whose name has merely been changed and is now being pursued in the form of the entry of American companies into Armenia.”

He noted that the US militarily enters a region under the guise of conducting economic activities.

“Experience has shown that the Americans first enter sensitive regions with seemingly economic projects, but gradually their presence expands to military and security dimensions," he said, adding that "The opening of US presence at Iran’s borders in any form has clear security consequences.”