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The 10th trilateral joint meeting of the parliamentary foreign affairs commissions of Türkiye, Azerbaijan and Georgia will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital.
Chairman of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Foreign Affairs Commission and AK Party Ankara lawmaker Fuat Oktay arrived in Baku to attend the meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters, Oktay said significant regional developments and changes have taken place since the previous meeting held in Türkiye.
Oktay recalled that Azerbaijan and Armenia initialed the text of a peace agreement and reached consensus on the route known as the International Peace and Prosperity Route, also referred to as the Zangezur Corridor.
He underlined that a normalization process between the two countries has begun and noted that trade between Azerbaijan and Armenia has started.
“The start of normalization between Azerbaijan and Armenia also brings about the beginning of the normalization process between Türkiye and Armenia. As Türkiye, our precondition was the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia,” Oktay said.
He added that the normalization process between Azerbaijan and Armenia would also have a positive impact on Georgia in terms of connectivity.
“Georgia is one of the main routes that provides connectivity between Türkiye, Azerbaijan and the Turkic world, both by railway and by road,” he said.
Oktay stated that peace achieved in the South Caucasus would positively affect the entire region and emphasized that the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine should end as soon as possible.
The trilateral meeting will address existing and potential areas of cooperation among the three countries, particularly in economy, transportation, energy and tourism, and discuss how these areas can be further enhanced.
Regional developments and measures to strengthen peace and stability will also be discussed.
During his visit, Oktay is scheduled to meet Azerbaijan’s Prime Minister Ali Asadov, Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova and Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.
Oktay is accompanied by members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Foreign Affairs Commission: AK Party Balikesir lawmaker Mustafa Canbey, CHP Hatay lawmaker Mehmet Guzelmansur, MHP Kayseri lawmaker Ismail Ozdemir and IYI Party Mugla lawmaker Metin Ergun.
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