Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, on Monday said that Azerbaijan and Armenia should resolve their border dispute through peaceful means, IRNA reported.

Bagheri made the comment in a phone conversation with Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov, with the two discussing the recent tensions between Baku and Yerevan.

The Azeri minister said that the “dispute between his country and the neighboring Armenia can be resolved through talks.”

He also said that Azerbaijan “does not have Armenian soil in its sights and does not plan any military action to occupy its territory.”