DUBAI: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani told his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev by telephone on Tuesday that Tehran valued regional peace and supported preserving the territorial integrity of neighbours, an Iranian government webiste reported.

"The issue of peace in the region is very important and, of course, the territorial integrity of our neighbours also has great importance to us," Rouhani was quoted as telling Aliyev bY the Dolat website.