On April 17, a trilateral meeting among Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia was held in Tbilisi, with participation from Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Lasha Darsalia, alongside his counterparts, Elnur Mammadov from Azerbaijan and Vahan Kostanyan from Armenia. Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili also attended the talks.

“What unites us and brings us together today is Georgia’s sincere desire to promote regional cooperation and identify common interests,” Botchorishvili said in her opening remarks. “The South Caucasus is a region of strategic importance with enormous potential that we can realize together. Sharing our visions for the region and exploring opportunities for trilateral cooperation is both timely and essential.”

“The primary goal of the meeting is to share the common interests and perspectives of the three countries on initiatives that will strengthen mutually beneficial, practical trilateral cooperation, fostering prosperity, stability, and sustainable development in the region,” the Georgian Foreign Ministry stated in a press release. “This trilateral meeting among the Ministries of Foreign Affairs does not replace or contradict existing cooperation formats but serves as an additional effort by the three neighboring countries to establish constructive and mutually beneficial collaboration.”

According to the press release, the trilateral meeting was preceded by consultations among Maka Botchorishvili, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, and Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, during which the initiative for this trilateral dialogue was launched.