Turkey, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan mull Eurasia benefits

BAKU – Anadolu Agency

Davutoğlu stressed the future of “brothers” Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan was also Turkey’s future. AA Photo

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said cooperation between Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey will be beneficial for the Eurasian region.

Davutoğlu’s comments came yesterday as he addressed the media in a joint press conference with Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov and Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Memmedyarov, following their meeting in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku.

“We would like to strengthen our cooperation with this meeting. We will have some direct and practical projects for the upcoming period,” Davutoğlu said.

Davutoğlu also stressed the future of “brothers” Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan was also Turkey’s future.

“May our countries’ flags wave together all around the world,” he said.

The meeting was aimed to build cooperation between the three countries in economic, social and political fields.

Davutoğlu was received by Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev earlier that day and the pair discussed relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan, regional issues and recent developments in conflict-torn Ukraine.

The next trilateral meeting will take place in the second half of 2014 in the capital of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat.