The meeting of the Foreign Ministers within the “3+3” format has kicked off in Tehran, APA reports.
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Türkiye, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia participate in the meeting.
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Foreign ministers from Iran, Türkiye, and Russia will meet their counterparts from Azerbaijan and Armenia in Tehran on Monday and discuss progress towards a peace agreement between the two South Caucasus neighbors, Iranian and Russian state media said, APA reports citing Reuters.
IRNA news agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying the countries wanted to talk about regional issues “without the interference of non-regional and Western countries”.
Russia’s Interfax news agency said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would travel to Tehran for the meeting.
The 3+3 South Caucasus Platform, which first held talks in 2021, was to include Georgia, but Georgia has stated previously it did not plan to participate in the initiative and said on Sunday it will not be coming to Tehran.
Source: Azeri-Press News Agency