One of the main topics of Azerbaijani media in the past week was the trilateral meeting of the defense ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey - Zakir Hasanov, Irakly Alasania and Ismet Yilmaz - where the sides discussed issues of regional security, as well as the possibility of creating a new military alliance.
According to the newspaper "Echo", the sides have agreed to hold joint military exercises.
The sides exchanged views on military-political and security situation in the region, APA reports.
News Azerbaijan wrote that it is possible Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia might create a military alliance in the future.
Haqqin.az reports that due to the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis, the situation in the South Caucasus will get worse.
Drawing attention to relations between Turkey and Georgia, the author reminds us that the beginning of the establishment of formal military cooperation between the two countries took place at the signing of the Agreement on cooperation in the military sphere in Ankara on April 4, 1996.
An increase in the supply of agricultural products from Azerbaijan to Russia was also in the center of Azerbaijani newspapers attention, as well as possible pressure that the EU might put on Azerbaijan in this regard. "It is expected that the EU will encourage members of the Eastern Partnership not to increase trade relations with Russia," echo.az quotes an expert on the subject, Vugar Bayramov.
The meeting between the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian presidents was also one of the focuses of the media.
According to the deputy, the result of the tripartite meeting was that the tension on the contact line of troops decreased.
"In fact, a result has been achieved, tensions have been significantly reduced, and foreign ministers are preparing for a new meeting," one of the newspapers quotes an Azerbaijani deputy, Rasim Musabekov.
