Turkish, Iranian, Azerbaijani FMs Meet In Istanbul

The Turkish, Iranian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers gathered in Istanbul on Tuesday for their sixth trilateral meeting.

ISTANBUL, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Oct, 2018 ) :The Turkish, Iranian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers gathered in Istanbul on Tuesday for their sixth trilateral meeting.

Addressing a joint press conference after the meeting, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said there is no problem in implementation of the Sochi agreement for Idlib, Syria reached last month between Turkey and Russia.

"Right now, there is no problem regarding implementation of this memorandum," he said.

He said two roads in Syria - one connecting Aleppo to Hama and another connecting Aleppo to Latakia - will be opened by the end of the year. "Everything is on track right now." He said if terror groups or radical groups in Syria try to step over the line, Turkey will be the first to intervene, before anyone else.

Cavusoglu added that besides Turkey and Russia, Iran is the country that has supported and contributed the most to the process leading to the Sochi agreement.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said they agreed to use national currencies in trade. "With this agreement, we will have protected our economic relations against foreign interventions," he added.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said the three countries have a market of 170-180 million people.

"We think this will create very big opportunities. Therefore, the three countries have to develop their extensive cooperation," he added.