Azerbaijan,Turkey,Georgia ink co-op document in Batumi - UPDATE

Azerbaijani, Georgian and Turkish foreign ministers signed the final protocol within the ministerial meeting held in Batumi today.

This protocol will allow three countries to cooperate more closely, Azerbaijani, Turkish and Georgian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov, Ahmet Davutoglu and Maya Panjikidze said at a joint press-conference today.

The action plan of inter-ministerial cooperation for 2013-2015 has been worked out by the relevant bodies of three countries. It envisages implementing specific projects and initiatives.

The ministers said that the adopted plan covers such areas as economy, energy, environmental protection, culture, education, sports and youth.

The ministers stressed that the expansion of cooperation within the Trabzon declaration signed in 2012 allows intensifying the relations between the countries and establishing more intense relations at the level of ordinary people.

Another trilateral ministerial meeting will be held in Azerbaijan presumably in the second half of 2013.

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The second trilateral ministerial meeting started in Batumi. Azerbaijani, Turkish and Georgian Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov, Ahmet Davutoglu and Maya Panjikidze attended it.

The meeting is being held in "Sheraton" hotel and will last about an hour.

The ministerial meeting is being held on the basis of the declaration dated June 8, 2012, which was adopted in the Turkish city of Trabzon.

The declaration reflects the most important areas of mutual cooperation between Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey in such areas as economy, energy, infrastructure, transport, culture and humanitarian sphere.

The ministers of the three countries will adopt a plan of actions in Batumi within the ministerial cooperation for 2013-2015. The plan was worked out by the relevant departments. It envisages implementing the specific projects and initiatives.

Foreign ministers of three countries will sign the final protocol and hold a joint briefing following the ministerial meeting.

The regular trilateral ministerial meeting will be held in Azerbaijan presumably in the second half of 2013.


/Trend/