Turkey on Thursday, April 4 rejected a trilateral meeting between Armenia, the US, and EU scheduled for Friday in Brussels, Anadolu Agency reports.
"It is our responsibility to underline clearly that the trilateral meeting between Armenia, the EU and the U.S. on April 5 will undermine the neutral approach that should be the basis for the solution of the complex problems of the region," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"This initiative, which excludes Azerbaijan, will pave the way for the South Caucasus to become an area of geopolitical confrontation, rather than serving peace," the statement said.
Turkey supported Azerbaijan, including militarily, in its war against Nagorno-Karabakh in the fall of 2020. In September 2023, Azerbaijan launched another major offensive against Karabakh, forcibly displaying the entire indigenous Armenian population of Karabakh.
