Lavrov, Cavusoglu want another "3+2" meeting in the near futureJanuary 7, 2022 - 13:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian and Turkish Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Mevlut Cavusoglu have agreed to hold the second meeting within a regional cooperation platform in the near future. The proposed regional platform, initially dubbed "3+3", was supposed to serve as a cooperation mechanism between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia and Turkey. However, Georgia has already opted out of it, and the mechanism is now referred to as "3+2". The first meeting of the platform was held on December 10 in Moscow under the co-chairmanship of the Deputy Foreign Ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey and the Director General of the Iranian Foreign Ministry. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that "the representatives of Georgia, who were also invited, refrained from participating in the meeting." According to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry, Lavrov and Cavusoglu "gave a positive assessment to the first meeting of the participants of the platform on normalizing the situation and developing cooperation in the South Caucasus." Lavrov also expressed support for efforts to normalize relations between Turkey and Armenia. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |