Second Turkey-Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan Trilateral Ministers' Meeting to Be Held in Ankara

The second Turkey-Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan Trilateral Foreign, Trade, and Transport Ministers' Meeting will take place in Ankara.

Representing Turkey at the meeting will be Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Trade Minister Ömer Bolat, and Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu. The Azerbaijani delegation will include Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov, and Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev. The Uzbek delegation will be represented by Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov, Minister of Investment, Industry, and Trade Laziz Kudratov, and Transport Minister Ilkhom Makhkamov.

The agenda of the meeting will cover foreign policy issues, regional cooperation, the enhancement of trade, economic, and investment relations, the development of regional transportation networks, and the strengthening of collaboration in the transport and communications sectors.

At the end of the trilateral meeting, the signing of the Ankara Declaration and its accompanying Action Plan is expected, outlining a concrete roadmap for future cooperation among the three countries.

Turkey-Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan Trilateral Foreign, Trade, and Transport Ministers' Meeting

The first meeting in this format was held on August 2, 2022, in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine War disrupted supply chains. In response, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan established this trilateral platform to discuss projects aimed at strengthening economic, transport, and energy connectivity along the historic Silk Road route between Asia and Europe.

The meeting is expected to address the harmonization of customs regulations, the expansion of electronic services, and the gradual removal of trade barriers in line with the principles of constructive and mutual benefit.

The Turkey-Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan Trilateral Meeting is also seen as a concrete example of Turkey's close solidarity and cooperation with the Turkic world.