Iran will host on October 23 a meeting of foreign ministers from Russia, Armenia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan to discuss regional issues including the dispute between Yerevan and Baku over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia's Foreign Ministry confirmed the meeting on October 22 after the IRNA state news agency in Tehran reported the news. The sixth expected partner in the so-called 3+3 meetings, Georgia, has said it will not attend as it preferred to have the three Caucasus nations meet without the involvement of Ankara, Moscow, and Tehran. To read the original story by the Armenian Service, click here. To read the original story by the Georgian Service, click here.
Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers To Meet October 23 In Tehran With Regional Counterparts
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoian (left) and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Jeyhun Bayramov (right), meet with Russian FM Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on July 25/