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Significance
The ministers agreed that hostile rhetoric on both sides was unhelpful and that dialogue was essential. The phone call is an attempt to salvage a relationship that has gone badly wrong over the last month. Military exercises in each country have unnerved the other, and old and new grievances have been aired.
Impacts
Azerbaijan will push harder for a land corridor though Armenia, as it can no longer safely rely on Iranian transit to Nakhichevan.
The opening of a Russia-Iran transport corridor traversing Azerbaijan may face further delays
Iran-Georgia ties may deteriorate after Tbilisi imposed travel restrictions on Iranian nationals.
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international relations,
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social,
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foreign policy,
foreign trade,
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transport,
war,
ethnic,
religion,
Iran,
Azerbaijan,
RUCIS,
Armenia,
Caucasus,
Turkey,
Georgia,
Russia,
IRAN/AZERBAIJAN
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