Iran Urges West to Encourage Formal Talks with Ukraine

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has called on the West to encourage Kiev to stop making "baseless accusations" against Tehran and engage in "formal talks."

In a telephone conversation with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Thursday, Amirabdollahian stated that "Iran has always supported peace, not war".

He also announced Iran's readiness to help achieve peace in his upcoming visit to Moscow this month.

Last year, delegations from Iran and Ukraine held a technical meeting to discuss allegations that Iran had provided Russia with military drones for use in the war. However, the Ukrainian side failed to provide any evidence of Russia's use of Iranian drones in the war.

Amirabdollahian emphasized that "the West should encourage Ukraine to present substantiated proof at an official meeting of the political and military delegations of the two countries, replace baseless and repeated accusations with formal talks".