Baku: The meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Bishkek on August 31 has garnered significant coverage from international and regional media, focusing on the key discussions held within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. The agenda included normalization of bilateral relations, continuation of the peace process, expansion of economic and trade relations, and the TRIPP project's implementation.
According to Azeri-Press News Agency, numerous prominent media channels such as Euronews, Turkey's Anadolu Agency, Switzerland's SWI (swissinfo.ch), IntelliNews, Commonspace, Russia's Kommersant and Interfax agencies, Iran's IRNA agency, Georgia's 1TV, and Kazakhstan's Kursiv publication, have extensively covered the meeting. Euronews highlighted the meeting as a pivotal moment in the historical peace process, with discussions on forthcoming steps in trade and energy cooperation alongside the TRIPP route.
Turkey's Anadolu Agency underscored the meeting with the headline "Azerbaijani President, Armenian Prime Minister Discuss Expansion of Economic, Trade and Energy Ties," emphasizing the TRIPP project's importance as a significant outcome of the Washington summit, focusing on the development of transport links.
The Iranian state news agency IRNA portrayed the meeting in light of enhancing peace and economic cooperation, steering away from political confrontation, while Georgian publication 'Newshub Georgia' reported the meeting as a pivotal international event, emphasizing the continuation of the peace process within the SCO summit framework.
The Bishkek meeting received extensive coverage from other media outlets, including "Hrriyet", "Trkiye Gazetesi", "Yeni Safak", "TRT Avaz", Open.kg, 24.kg, "Ulysmedia", "CentralAsia.media", "Economist.kg", "Netgazeti", "Interpressnews", "Resonance Daily", "Info9", "PrimeTime", "New Turk Post" and "TRT Arabi".