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By Amina Nazarli

Foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan will come together in Baku on July 18-19 for a tripartite meeting.

Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ercan Ozoral said that the meeting will cover bilateral and tripartite issues in several spheres.

Ozoral also revealed that on the same dates, heads of customs of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia will gather in Baku.

Azerbaijan-Turkey-Turkmenistan format of cooperation arose at the level of foreign ministers of the three Turkic states in 2014. Baku became the initiator, and the first meeting was held in the capital of Azerbaijan, where the Baku Declaration was adopted. Then the parties met each year to discuss various topical issues of mutual cooperation.

The trilateral cooperation of Azerbaijan-Turkey-Turkmenistan is based on the energy interests of the three countries. In addition, the parties are negotiating the creation of a transport corridor, since the three countries want to combine their transport systems.

Turkmenistan is already exploring a new route through Azerbaijan for the export of its hydrocarbons to world markets. At the same time, Ashgabat sends both crude oil and oil products through Azerbaijan.

Earlier in January, Azerbaijani MP Zahid Oruj confirmed that Azerbaijan-Turkey-Turkmenistan trilateral format of cooperation would facilitate the transportation of Azerbaijani and Turkmen gas to Europe.

The three countries develop relations not only in the energy sphere. So in September, 2016, the three sides signed the Ashgabat Declaration to create a transport corridor from Beijing to London.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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