Baku, Ankara, Ashgabat mull regional issues
By Sara Rajabova
Foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan, Elmar Mammadyarov, Mevlut Cavusoglu and Rashid Meredov, respectively, discussed regional issues in Kuwait.
The trilateral meeting of the ministers took place on the sidelines of the 42nd Foreign Ministerial Council of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on May 27.
The ministers stressed the importance of the trilateral meeting in terms of the development of regional cooperation.
They also highlighted the comprehensive discussions on development of the political, economic, energy, transport and humanitarian dimensions of cooperation held at the Ashgabat trilateral meeting this January.
The three ministers earlier met in Ashgabat in late January this year.
The first meeting was held in 2014 in Baku, which resulted in adoption of the Baku Declaration.
The cooperation of the three countries covers a wide range of issues, including energy, tourism, humanitarian sphere and politics.
There are already format of meetings of Azerbaijan-Turkey-Georgia, Azerbaijan-Turkey-Iran, as well as the summits of foreign ministers and presidents of these countries also held summits several times.
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