«3+3» COOPERATION PLATFORM AND PROSPECTS FOR UNBLOCKING TRANSPORT COMMUNICATIONS IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
https://doi.org/10.48137/26870703_2024_26_2_22
Abstract
The article discusses the problems and prospects for the functioning of the «3+3» advisory platform, aimed at unblocking transport communications in the South Caucasus. The authors identify possibilities and obstacles to synchronizing the transport and logistics interests of regional and extra-regional actors. The goals and objectives of the «3+3» initiative are studied in the context of the implementation of the trilateral agreement of November 10, 2020 on the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. The article identifies problems that impede the full functioning of the «3+3» platform (geopolitical confrontation between Russia and the West, contradictions between Iran and Azerbaijan and Georgia’s self-exclusion from this platform). The authors also study implementation of the «Crossroads of Peace» project which helps assess the potential of Armenia as a country aspiring to create a regional transport hub at the intersection of the international corridors «East-West» and «North-South». It is established that, despite the apparent closeness to the goals of the «3+3» platform, the «Crossroads of Peace» project has a different geopolitical agenda.
About the Authors
A. A. Markarov
Armenian branch of the Institute of CIS Countries
Armenia
Armenia
MARKAROV Alexander A., D. Sc. (Politics), Professor at YSU, Director
1, Alek Manukyan str., Yerevan, 0025
V. S. Davtya
Institute for Energy Security
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
DAVTYAN Vahe S., D. Sc. (Politics), Professor at Russian-Armenian University, President
123, Hovsep Emin str., Yerevan, 0051
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For citations:
Markarov A.A., Davtya V.S. «3+3» COOPERATION PLATFORM AND PROSPECTS FOR UNBLOCKING TRANSPORT COMMUNICATIONS IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS. Geoeconomics of Energetics. 2024;(2):22–37. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.48137/26870703_2024_26_2_22
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