Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has again expressed his country’s readiness for talks with Ukrainian officials on Western countries’ allegations that Iran has supplied drones to Russia to be used in the ongoing military campaign in Ukraine.
Faraan: Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a joint press conference with his visiting Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei in Tehran on Wednesday. “It is clear to us that the leaders of certain European Union member states tend to adopt immature and radical stances on regional and international developments. This is while much of the bloc is treading the path of rationality,” he stated.
“We strongly dismiss the baseless claims of some countries on Russia’s use of Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine. We invite Ukrainian authorities to attend a bilateral meeting of experts, and present any evidence supporting the accusations,” the senior Iranian diplomat pointed out. Amir-Abdollahian said Iran’s principled policy is to oppose arming either of the parties involved in the Ukraine war, reiterating Tehran’s opposition to the ongoing conflict.
Iran’s FM rejects Western-backed allegations on Tehran’s arms delivery to Russia to be used against Ukraine. On Monday, the Iranian foreign minister said Tehran was ready to discuss the Western countries’ allegations about exporting drones to Russia in a joint session with Ukrainian officials. In response to Western countries’ claims about Iran selling drones and other military equipment to Russia to be used against Ukraine, Amir-Abdollahian said, “We have not sold and will not sell any weapons and drones to be used in the war against Ukraine, and cooperation between Iran and Russia will continue without having anything to do with the Ukraine war.”
