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Turkey and Georgia are committed to resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, said Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.

Yildirim made the remark at a joint press conference with his Georgian counterpart Giorgi Kvirikashvili in Ankara, Georgia Online reported on July 20.

The Turkish prime minister expressed his concern in connection with the escalation of situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in April 2016.

“We expressed our commitment to solving the problem within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,” noted Yildirim.

Azerbaijan and Armenia for over two decades have been locked in conflict, which emerged over Armenian territorial claims. Since the 1990s war, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions. The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal, but they have not been enforced to this day.

Yildirim also said that Ankara advocates a peaceful solution to the Abkhazian and South Ossetian conflicts within Georgia’s territorial integrity.

The minister further mentioned that the trilateral cooperation format Turkey-Azerbaijan – Georgia hugely contributes to the peace and development of the region, Sputnik reported.

The PM voiced hope that soon a meeting of the presidents of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia will take place in Baku.

Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia have multi-vector cooperation and implemented a number of regional and international projects. The troika engaged in implementation of giant energy and transport projects, regularly hold meetings at the level of various ministries.

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