Pashinyan spoke about the finer points of possible cooperation in the  "3 + 3" format

ArmInfo. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in an interview with Public Television presented the position of the Armenian government on the possible format of "3 + 3"  regional cooperation.  

Pashinyan in particular noted:  "In fact, two days ago, Armenia, our  Government at the level of the Deputy Foreign Minister, expressed a  position in this regard, and our position is the following. I would  like to emphasize that the regional cooperation is emphasized as a  key provision in the Government's Action Plan, we have been  interested in all the possibilities of regional cooperation from the  very beginning. The issue is in nuances. Our stance is the following,  the possible 3+3 format shouldn't have the kind of items on its  agenda which we are already discussing in other formats in agreed  terms. In particular, the issue of opening regional communications,  the issue of the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, and so  on. In other words, if that format brings a new agenda, a mutually  acceptable agenda, for example, the study of economic transit  opportunities in the region, it can be very interesting, we can be  interested in it."

The "3 + 3" cooperation format includes six states: Azerbaijan,  Armenia, Georgia, Russia, Turkey and Iran.  Earlier, Russian Foreign  Minister Sergei Lavrov, after talks with Iranian Foreign Minister  Hossein Amir Abdollahiyan, said that he had discussed the initiative  to create a "3 + 3" negotiation format on the issue of unblocking  economic and transport ties in the region. Lavrov previously noted  that Iran has a positive attitude towards this initiative, like  Turkey and Azerbaijan, and also expressed the hope that Georgia will  show interest in creating such a mechanism for consultations and  agreeing on decisions on the development of the Transcaucasus. Deputy  Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Georgia David Zalkaliani, in  turn, said that it would be very difficult for Georgia to participate  in the "3 + 3" format together with Russia, but the country should be  represented in large geopolitical projects in some form.

On November 3, during a briefing, Russian Foreign Ministry  spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that the creation of a mechanism  for cooperation in the "3 + 3" format for the countries of the South  Caucasus and their neighbors could increase the level of trust in  interstate relations. "The development of multilateral regional  cooperation meets the interests of all prospective participants in  this format. In our opinion, its launch would help increase  confidence in interstate relations, settle existing relations, and  reveal the transport potential of the region," she said.