Georgia hosted the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan on April 17 for a closed trilateral summit to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation between the countries and geopolitical stability of the South Caucasus. Armenia and Azerbaijan’s progress, albeit slow, in signing a peace agreement over disputed territories remains a signal of their interest in constructing neighborly relations and may be aided by the trilateral cooperation format. The new format is yet another demonstration that the South Caucasus states are shifting their foreign policies and attempting to gain autonomy as regional, trilateral decision-makers while reducing reliance on external powers such as Russia and Iran.
Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia Trilateral Format May be Platform for Regional Decision-Making (Emil Avdaliani – The Jamestown Foundation)
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