Friday, October 8 2021 17:19

ArmInfo.Official Tbilisi will continue to promote the idea of the Georgian platform of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. This opinion was expressed by Expert in  Georgian studies Johnny Melikyan.

However, he is convinced that Georgia will not create obstacles in  the implementation of the "3 + 3" platform, if Yerevan agrees.

"Today's statement by the head of the Georgian Foreign Ministry means  that if Armenia agrees to the Turkish "3 + 3" initiative, then  official Tbilisi will not obstruct its implementation, and will even  participate in it to some extent. "Although this is not very to the  liking of the Georgian side," the expert believes.

According to him, official Tbilisi has already put forward its  initiative and is promoting it. "But Georgia does not want to become  a destructive side, if everyone agrees on "3 + 3" ",  he summed up.

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Georgia David  Zalkaliani, responding to the statement of Russian Foreign Minister  Sergei Lavrov, who proposed the format of regional cooperation "3 +  3" with the participation of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia on the one  hand and Iran, Russia and Turkey, on the other, noted, that it will  be difficult for Georgia to participate in the "3 + 3" format  together with Russia, but nevertheless, the country should be  represented at least in some form in major geopolitical projects.

"Of course, when we do not see any processes in the direction of  de-occupation, it is very difficult to participate in such a format  and talk about some kind of infrastructure projects. Nevertheless, I  want to provide the public with such a position to think- we should  be represented at least in some form in these large geopolitical  projects and relations, of course, not at the expense of state  interests and some concessions to the occupier, "Zalkaliani said.

Recently, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press  conference with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said  that an initiative "to create a  "3 + 3" format: three Transcaucasian  countries and their three large neighbors - Russia, Iran and Turkey,"  was discussed

Lavrov noted that Iran has a positive attitude towards this  initiative, as do Turkey and Azerbaijan. He noted that the Russian  Federation is working with Armenian colleagues. According to him, the  Russian side expects that Georgia, despite the problems it is  experiencing, will be able to see its interest in creating such a  mechanism.

To recall, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, during his  speech at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, proposed to  world leaders a "peaceful neighborhood initiative" to ensure peace  and stability in the Black Sea region. As the Georgian prime minister  noted then, Tbilisi is ready to host the first meeting within the  framework of the peace initiative. According to him, the new format  will help build a dialogue and will be a practical solution to  regional issues. Later, the head of government said that Georgia came  up with an initiative to create a platform in Tbilisi for high-level  contacts between the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides.