Iranian, Turkish and Azeri FMs meet in Nakhichevan.

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Iran were scheduled to meet in Nakhichevan on March 7 as part of a series of meetings regularly held between the three states.
According to Azerbaijani 1news.az, the foreign ministers have started a bilateral meeting, which will be followed by a tripartite meeting.

Ahmet Davutoğlu (Turkey), Elmar Mammadyarov (Azerbaijan) and Ali Akbar Salehi (Iran) are reportedly planning to discuss issues of common interest to all three states. The foreign ministers are aiming to implement joint projects for peace and prosperity in the region.

The main purpose of the meeting is to mitigate the tension that emerged between Iran and Azerbaijan over ‘the Israeli scandal,' Turkish Hurriyetdailynews writes.

The relations between Iran and Azerbaijan worsened in February after Teheran accused Baku of conspiring with its key enemies, the U.S. and Israel in order to penetrate into Iran. Baku dismisses the charges as unfounded. In the same month, Azerbaijan signed a $1.6 billion deal with Israel for the purchase of drones and anti-aircraft and missile systems. Following the deal, Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Iran Javanshir Akhundov had to give explanations at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, saying the weapons were being purchased ‘to liberate the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.'

The meeting between Turkish, Azerbaijani and Iranian foreign ministers was originally scheduled for 17 January, but was postponed because Ahmet Davutoglu had to attend the funeral of Rauf Denktas in northern Cyprus. The meeting was rescheduled for mid-February but did not take place then.

The trilateral meeting will be the third in this format following meetings in Urmia, Iran, in April 2011 and in Istanbul in January the same year.

Representatives of the three countries' foreign ministries met in Tehran on 29 November to agree the agenda for the January 2012 meeting.