We hope that the current rift in Baku-Tehran relations is temporary.

APA's Moscow correspondent reports that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said this at a joint press conference on the results of his talks with his Iranian counterpart Huseyn Amir Abdullahian.

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the rift in Baku-Tehran relations will be resolved soon: "This will help the development of tripartite cooperation with the participation of Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan.

We are ready to help our friends in solving existing problems," he said.