BAKU, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Azerbaijan, Turkey and Georgia have agreed to raise their economic ties to a new level, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said here on Wednesday.
Cavusoglu made the statement at a briefing following a trilateral meeting of Azerbaijani, Georgian and Turkish foreign ministers.
Cavusoglu said the trilateral formats make a significant contribution to the development of regional cooperation, adding that "the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway will be used to strengthen cooperation between the three countries in the transport sector."
The Turkish minister noted that more efforts are needed from the two neighboring countries to solve a number of issues related to cooperation in the sphere of customs, logistics and transport.
For his part, Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze said Tbilisi is ready to expand cooperation with Baku and Ankara both at the bilateral level and in a regional context.
Since 2012, foreign ministers of the three countries have met twice a year to discuss trilateral cooperation and regional issues. The previous meeting was held last year in Tbilisi.
