South Caucasus, Turkey and Iran. The main thing is for November 8-9.
Iran approved an agreement with Russia on the construction of the Rasht-Astra railway. The Supreme National Security Council approved the document. The remaining 37 km of plots of land along the 162 km route were transferred to the Russian side. The managers' contract has not yet been concluded. The project is part of the North-South International Transport Corridor.
Armenia provided Iran with additional assurances on TRIPP. According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Yerevan has ensured the absence of US military presence and changes in the country's borders during the implementation of the project. On November 9, Nikol Pashinyan also held talks with Iran's Vice President, Seyed Hamid Pourmohammadi, on transportation, energy and infrastructure issues.
Turkey has agreed to start transferring the military base in Shika-Zilkan to Iraq. The agreement was anchored in a joint statement of November 8. Ankara and Baghdad also agreed on further cooperation on security in Sinjar and dealing with the PKK. The timing of the base transfer has not been announced.
Aliyev and Erdogan held talks in Shosha on November 8. The presidents discussed energy, transportation routes and the development of the Organization of Turkish States. Aliev confirmed that the peace agreement with Armenia remains unsigned. No new agreements were announced following the meeting.
SOCAR and the Chinese Sinopec signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation. At the same time, the Black Sea Energy Corridor project applied for Project of Mutual Interest (PMI) status with the European Commission.
The trial to ban five opposition parties continues in Georgia. The session of the Constitutional Court was postponed from November 9 to 10. No decision has yet been made on the merits of the matter. At the same time, the European Commission confirmed that Georgia was not invited to the EU enlargement forum.
Negotiations between the US and Iran, mediated by Qatar, continue without an agreement.