The Azerbaijan-Russia-Iran cooperation format has a great future, the assistant to Azerbaijan’s president for foreign policy issues, Novruz Mammadov, said, speaking at the conference titled 'Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey trilateral relations: A look into the future' in Baku.
According to him, the format of Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey cooperation already yields results and the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and Baku-Tbilisi-Kars projects are examples of this cooperation.
“These formats are effective as the national, economic and political interests coincide with one another. Azerbaijan has taken its stance in the international arena,” he said.
The president’s assistant said that Turkey’s NATO membership and Georgia’s signing of an association agreement with the European Union do not impede the development of this cooperation.
“On the contrary, it contributes to the regional security, stability and sustainable development and is not directed against other countries. Trilateral cooperation is very important for the countries of this cooperation," the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza cited him as saying.
Mammadov stressed that Armenia’s territorial and geopolitical claims deprive it of cooperation prospects.
“Some countries face sanctions in relation to certain issues, however, for some reason it becomes difficult to demonstrate a fair position on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” he said.
The president’s assistant noted that the reason of the current situation in the world is that after the Treaty of Warsaw, the parties that consider themselves leaders have failed to observe the principle of justice.
