Russia's Foreign Ministry Does Not Rule Out a Tripartite Meeting of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan Leaders

The work in the South Caucasus under the '3+3' format (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan - Russia, Turkey, Iran) is ongoing, and preparations for the second session are in progress. This was reported by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenkov in an interview with TASS.

The Russian diplomat noted that this format is a demanded and promising mechanism, and Moscow intends to actively use it to develop cooperation among the South Caucasus countries and their neighbors. 'At this stage, preparations for the second session of the format are underway. We expect to hold it before the end of the first half of the year,' the deputy minister stated.