Azerbaijan has sent around 30 tons of humanitarian aid to Iran, days after tensions rose between the two countries following a drone attack on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on 5 March.
The aid shipment, delivered by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, includes food, drinking water, and medical supplies, and was dispatched following a phone call between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on 8 March, in which Pezeshkian assured that Iran had nothing to do with the drone attack on Nakhchivan. The Azerbaijani president announced his intention to provide humanitarian aid to Iran.
This morning, a batch of humanitarian aid including flour, rice, sugar, water, tea, and medicine allocated by the Azerbaijani government was sent from Baku to Iran, a representative of the Cabinet of Ministers told a Caucasian Knot correspondent.
"This decision was made following a telephone conversation held on March 8 between the presidents of the two countries, in order to meet the current needs of the friendly and neighbouring Iranian people," he said.
Yesterday, on 9 March, Azerbaijani authorities lifted cargo restriction across its border with Iran. Baku has declared its refusal to allow strikes on Iran, while Ilham Aliyev has expressed a willingness to help reduce tensions.
Source: commonspace.eu with Caucasian Knot and Report.az
