Following a telephone conversation between the foreign ministers of Iran and Ukraine in August, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha met with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.During the meeting, the two sides stressed the importance of diplomacy in managing tensions.The foreign ministers of the two countries also deemed it necessary to maintain channels of communication between the two countries and emphasized the need to take the necessary bilateral steps to manage their relations.The two sides also exchanged views on developments in Europe and the West Asia region and agreed to continue their contacts with the aim of preventing any escalation of tensions in their relations.The two sides also exchanged views on bilateral issues, particularly the illegal attack on an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea, as well as ways to resolve these issues.