DFWatch: Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan strengthen energy transport security

The defense ministers of Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan met Tuesday in the Azerbaijani enclave Nakhchivan, a landlocked region on the border between Armenia and Iran.

This is the first time defense ministers from the three countries hold a trilateral meeting but the presidents of the three states met in Tbilisi a few months ago.

On Tuesday, Georgia’s Irakli Alasania, Azerbaijan’s Zakir Hasanov and Turkey’s İsmet Yılmaz discussed defense cooperation and regional security issues.

“We had very fruitful discussions on security and defense issues related to the critical infrastructure that is shared by these three countries and which are very integral to the economic development and well-being of our nations,” Alasania said after the meeting.
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