The participants of the 3+3 format platform on the issues of peace and stability in the South Caucasus are coordinating new contacts at the ministerial level, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference following talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov on Friday.
“Earlier, almost two years ago, Azerbaijani President [Ilham Aliyev] put forth an initiative to shape a process in which the three countries of the South Caucasus and their neighbors – Russia, Turkey, Iran, – would participate, the so-called 3+3 group. <…> Today we are already planning a meeting at the ministerial level. There is an understanding of the relevance of such interaction, we are coordinating dates and specific locations where such a meeting may take place,” the Russian top diplomat noted.
“There was a meeting in this format, however, our Georgian colleagues did not participate but the door is always open for them, this is the shared opinion of all the other participants of this format,” he added.