Rouhani offered to host the next summit in Tehran.
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The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic is based on cooperation, synergy and finding ways to fulfill common interests, he said, adding that Tehran follows “a win-win policy”. “The two countries’ relations have been developing in recent months”. “They underline the importance and usefulness of bilateral and trilateral consultations to exchange opinions on development of the situation and elaboration of the measures to effectively counter terrorism”, the declaration said.
The leaders of Russia, Iran, and Azerbaijan signed a joint deceleration on Monday urging stronger global action against “terrorism” and organized crime.
Besides Iran, India and Russian Federation, countries that are on board to integrate into the transit network include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Turkey, Tajikistan, Oman, Syria and Bulgaria.
Aliyev, for his part, said Azerbaijan follows an independent policy and while referring to the dispute between Baku and Yerevan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, said one million Azeris have been expelled by Armenia from their land.
The talks touched on a prospective railway link between Iran and Azerbaijan that is expected to become part of a transport corridor running from India all the way to St. Petersburg in Russian Federation, and providing a faster and cheaper alternative to existing sea routes. “However, it is not in the interest of Russian Federation and Iran, and it is stalled”.
The three presidents signed a final statement at the end of the Baku summit.
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The ship, road and rail route connects India’s Mumbai to the Iranian port of Bander Abbas and further to Baku in Azerbaijan as well as Astrakhan, Moscow and St Petersburg in Russian Federation before stretching to northern Europe and Scandinavia.
