See the part about the 3+3 format in the aforementioned speech:<\/p>\n
\u201c18 Ekim\u2019de \u0130stanbul\u2019da ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirilen 3+3 b\u00f6lgesel i\u015fbirli\u011fi platformu kapsam\u0131nda Azerbaycan, Ermenistan, \u0130ran ve Rusya Federasyonu D\u0131\u015fi\u015fleri Bakanlar\u0131n\u0131 \u00fclkemizde misafir ettik. B\u00f6lgesel sahiplenme anlay\u0131\u015f\u0131m\u0131z\u0131n en somut \u00f6rneklerinden olan platformun \u00f6nemli bir ihtiyac\u0131 giderdi\u011fini m\u00fc\u015fahede ediyoruz. \u00d6n\u00fcm\u00fczdeki d\u00f6nemde bu mekanizmay\u0131 kurumsal bir yap\u0131ya kavu\u015fturmak arzusunday\u0131z\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Oct. 18, we received the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran and Russia on the margins of the 3+3 regional cooperation platform held in Istanbul. We are witnessing how this platform\u2014which is one of the most graphic examples of our perception of taking charge in the region\u2014meets an important need. We want this mechanism to become institutional in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 3+3 format was created after the 44-day war at the initiative of Turkey and Azerbaijan (for more details, see \u201cOn Turkey\u2019s approaches and stance toward the 3+3 format\u201d). The above-mentioned statement is noteworthy in that by institutionalizing the 3+3 format, Turkish diplomacy wants to create a regional body where it will have the strongest hold. Turkey will try to minimize Russia\u2019s influence in the South Caucasus, or will try to maliciously use the fact of Russia\u2019s passive involvement in some issues for its state interests. Hereby, it will do its best to close the book on the Artsakh conflict and the sovereignty of Armenia.<\/p>\n
Various \u201cgame theory\u201d instruments have been increasingly used in diplomacy and international relations, in particular in the relations format of combining cooperative and non-cooperative approaches, i.e., \u201ccooperative competition\u201d. Thus, through this \u201ccooperative competition\u201d with Iran and Russia, Turkey is trying to achieve the narrowing of the Armenian interests, or even more so, the complete neutralization of the role Armenia has in the region, despite various lyrical remarks about peace, economic interests and neighborliness. The prime goal is to have strategic infrastructures connecting Turkey and Azerbaijan through the territory of Armenia\u2014without obstacles, i.e., outside the sovereignty of Armenia. Cooperation between Turkey and Russia reveals itself, especially in the economic sphere (Turkey wants to be close to BRICS) as well as in the fields of peaceful uses of nuclear energy (Turkey is not going to get by with the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant being built by Russia). Cooperation between Turkey and Iran manifests itself in their apparently similar stances on Palestine.<\/p>\n
At the same time, promises about a prosperous and peaceful future are given to Armenia with regard to the 3+3 format. For example, the re-launch of the Kars-Gyumri railway and the opening of the Armenia-Turkey land border, which will allegedly offer unprecedented economic benefits to Armenia. This, being the subject of a separate study, by its very definition, does not quite fit in with the conceptual approaches of Turkey and Azerbaijan, presented in the jointly concluded \u201cShusha\u201d and \u201cKarabakh\u201d declarations (We have already examined Azerbaijan\u2019s ambitions for the territories of the Republic of Armenia in a separate article).<\/p>\n
See the part about Artsakh and the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan in R. T. Erdo\u011fan\u2019s Oct. 28 speech:<\/p>\n
\u201c44 g\u00fcn s\u00fcren Vatan Muharebesi sonucundan Karaba\u011f\u2019da 30 y\u0131ll\u0131k i\u015fgalin sona ermesiyle birlikte G\u00fcney Kafkasya\u2019da kal\u0131c\u0131 bar\u0131\u015fa y\u00f6nelik e\u015fsiz bir f\u0131rsat yakaland\u0131. Bir d\u00f6nem ac\u0131yla, i\u015fgalle, \u00e7at\u0131\u015fmalarla an\u0131lan bu co\u011frafyada \u015fimdi bar\u0131\u015f r\u00fczgarlar\u0131 esiyor. Can Azerbaycan ve Ermenistan\u2019\u0131n bu do\u011frultuda g\u00f6sterdikleri samimi \u00e7abalar\u0131 yak\u0131ndan takip ediyoruz. Temennimiz s\u00fcreci sabote etmeye \u00e7al\u0131\u015fan odaklara f\u0131rsat verilmeden m\u00fcjdeli, g\u00fczel ve hay\u0131rl\u0131 haberleri bir an \u00f6nce almakt\u0131r. T\u00fcrkiye olarak Azerbaycanl\u0131 karde\u015flerimizle koordinasyon i\u00e7inde in\u015fallah kal\u0131c\u0131 bar\u0131\u015f i\u00e7in \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmaya devam edece\u011fiz\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the 30-year occupation of Karabakh ended in the wake of the 44-day \u201cPatriotic War\u201d, a unique opportunity for lasting peace in the South Caucasus opened up. In this region, where there were times of pain, occupation and conflict, now the winds of peace are blowing. We closely follow the genuine efforts of \u201cJan\u201d (here meaning \u201cour brother\u201d) Azerbaijan and Armenia in this regard. Our desire is to hear the good news as soon as possible, not giving the opportunity to act to the forces that are trying to sabotage the process. God willing, we, as Turkey, will continue to work toward lasting peace in a coordinated way with our Azerbaijani brothers and sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Back on Sept. 25, 2023, R. T. Erdo\u011fan said in his speech that \u201cThere are no losers in peace,\u201d adding that they are sincere and expect the same sincerity. In a speech given on Oct. 28, 2024, he already considered the efforts made by Armenia to be genuine\u2014the unilateral concessions made by Armenia in various aspects are unprecedented.<\/p>\n
After forcing the entire Armenian population into deportation in the wake of the military and terrorist operations carried out in Artsakh in 2020-2023, to describe the actions aimed to put these \u201cachievements\u201d into writing as \u201cpeace\u201d is the continuation of the blatantly cynical rhetoric that we have heard in the speeches of R. T. Erdo\u011fan and I. Aliyev for years.<\/p>\n
As painful as it may be, though, Armenia is caught in a Turkish-Azerbaijani diplomatic trap in terms of the 3+3 format and at least unhealthy negotiations with Turkey and with Azerbaijan. Perhaps, the only way to free itself from that trap is the creation of pro-Armenian hubs in the world and the development of already existing hubs (it is, of course, all-important that Armenia pursues correct diplomatic policy in terms of cadre deployment).<\/p>\n
Perhaps, the sad fact is that, despite all the problems, those advancing national interests in Armenia and in the Diaspora are labeled as \u201chotbeds of sabotage\u201d by R. T. Erdo\u011fan, \u201crevanchists\u201d by I. Aliyev, and \u201cbearers of a wrong model of patriotism\u201d by N. Pashinyan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
See the part about the 3+3 format in the aforementioned speech: \u201c18 Ekim\u2019de \u0130stanbul\u2019da ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirilen 3+3 b\u00f6lgesel i\u015fbirli\u011fi platformu kapsam\u0131nda Azerbaycan, Ermenistan, \u0130ran ve Rusya Federasyonu D\u0131\u015fi\u015fleri Bakanlar\u0131n\u0131 \u00fclkemizde misafir ettik. B\u00f6lgesel sahiplenme anlay\u0131\u015f\u0131m\u0131z\u0131n en somut \u00f6rneklerinden olan platformun \u00f6nemli bir ihtiyac\u0131 giderdi\u011fini m\u00fc\u015fahede ediyoruz. \u00d6n\u00fcm\u00fczdeki d\u00f6nemde bu mekanizmay\u0131 kurumsal bir yap\u0131ya kavu\u015fturmak arzusunday\u0131z\u201d. \u201cOn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n