Iranian MFA: 'Arms supplies to parties to Ukraine conflict will lead to escalation'

The Iranian authorities believe that supplying any weapons to one of the parties to the Ukrainian crisis will lead to an escalation of tensions, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic Hossein Amir Abdollahian said during a telephone conversation with his Danish counterpart Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Report informs via TASS.

"Iran opposes the war and has proposed a political solution to this crisis, and believes that [supplying] one of the parties to the conflict with any weapons will lead to an escalation of tension," Abdollahian said, speaking of the conflict in Ukraine. His words are quoted in a statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, published on Sunday in the official Telegram channel of the ministry.

The Foreign Ministers of Iran and Denmark discussed the state of bilateral relations and their development and also agreed to create a mechanism for political consultations. Abdollahian called the relations between Tehran and Copenhagen historical. For his part, Rasmussen pointed to the importance of dialogue between the Islamic Republic and the Kingdom of Denmark.