Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a statement that the Russian leader supported Baku’s idea of creating a platform for ensuring regional security, which could include Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Georgia and Armenia. The Turkish president said this in an interview with journalists on board his plane during his return from Azerbaijan. TASS reports․
In addition, Erdogan said that if Yerevan joins this platform, “a new page may be opened in relations between Turkey and Armenia.”
On 10 December, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, following talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that Baku and Ankara should form a new multilateral platform of cooperation in the region after the end of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.
On 9 November, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint statement on the complete cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the Russian leader, the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides stop at occupied positions, while Russian peacekeepers are deployed in the region.
