Turkish foreign minister joins meeting of South Caucasus platform in Iran

Published October 23,2023

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday visited Iran to attend a regional cooperation platform for the institution of everlasting peace and stability within the South Caucasus, in keeping with Turkish diplomatic sources.

The assembly, organized on the degree of overseas ministers in Tehran, was attended by Türkiye, the host nation Iran, and Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Russia.

At Monday’s assembly, Fidan emphasised the importance of the initiative in displaying the worldwide neighborhood how regional international locations can resolve their very own issues, the ministry mentioned on X.

He additionally burdened Türkiye’s dedication to resolving regional points via dialogue in the direction of lasting peace, and voiced satisfaction that hurdles to cooperation and friendship within the area are being eliminated.

He mentioned the trail to regional peace and stability goes via the signing of a complete peace settlement between neighboring Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Fidan additionally burdened that the opening of regional transportation connections would speed up normalization and peace processes.

KARABAKH UNDER AZERBAIJANI SOVEREIGNTY

The first assembly of the regional cooperation platform proposed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev befell in Moscow in December 2021 on the degree of deputy overseas ministers.

The assembly in Iran comes within the wake of dramatic developments within the South Caucasus’ Karabakh area final month.

After almost 30 years of Armenian occupation, most of Karabakh was liberated by Azerbaijan throughout a warfare within the fall of 2020, which ended with a Russian-brokered peace settlement.

This September, the Azerbaijani military initiated an anti-terrorism operation in Karabakh to ascertain constitutional order within the area, after which unlawful separatist forces within the area surrendered.

Azerbaijan, having now established full sovereignty within the area, has reiterated its name on the ethnic Armenian inhabitants in Karabakh to turn into a part of Azerbaijani society.

Azerbaijan and Armenia are each former Soviet republics, and Iran carefully borders the area, together with the realm of a projected hall to attach Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan, and from there present entry to Türkiye.