The foreign ministers of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey, David Zalkaliani, Elmar Mammadyarov and Mevlut Cavusoglu, signed a joint statement today at the Tbilisi eighth trilateral meeting, Novosti-Georgia reported.

According to Georgian Foreign Minister, the trilateral format of the action plan for 2020-22 was discussed.

He noted that during the meeting special attention was paid to the discussion of a joint regional, transport and energy project.

“During the meeting, special attention was paid to the discussion of joint regional transport and energy projects. The importance of the implementation of the Trans-Caspian pipeline project and the role of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey in transporting energy from the Caspian region to Europe and in ensuring the energy security of Europe were noted. The successfully implemented energy projects Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum were emphasized," he said.

The ministers reaffirmed their readiness to continue coordination for the full implementation of the Southern Gas Corridor. The importance of completing the second phase of the TANAP project, which was recently opened on November 30 in Turkey, was also emphasized. It should be noted that the implementation of the project contributes to the formation of a new reality in the European architecture of energy security, the FM added.