This was announced by Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov at a special government meeting dedicated to the results of President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Washington.
The project was implemented in partnership with the Azerbaijani company Rail Trans Service, with Azerbaijan Railways as the client.
Turkey has started construction of a 224-kilometer railway line worth $2.8 billion that will link the country with Nakhchivan via Azerbaijan.
Researchers conventionally divide the Caspian Sea into three parts, each with its own hydrological and hydrochemical regime.
Relations between Azerbaijan and Ukraine have in recent months taken on a distinctly dynamic character, moving beyond traditional diplomatic formalities.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed gratitude to US President Donald Trump "for the historic photos he kindly gifted" with his personal signature.
When people say that Russia cannot be understood with reason, they apparently mean its foreign policy. The story of the South Caucasus is a vivid confirmation of this sad axiom.
On August 20–21, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva toured the western regions of the country — the Ganja-Dashkasan, East Zangezur, and Karabakh economic zones.
At the start of the meeting, the three leaders posed for a joint photo before proceeding to a document-signing ceremony. The talks focused on expanding cooperation in energy, transport, and regional connectivity.
The 224-kilometer line will run from Turkey’s Dilucu border gate to Nakhchivan and link to the main rail network in Kars.
Iranian officials have expressed alarm, warning that the project severs Tehran’s direct land access to Armenia and reduces its role as a transit hub.
The centerpiece of the deal is the Tripp project — a 99-year lease of a 20-mile corridor through southern Armenia. The route is intended to connect Azerbaijan with Nakhchivan and Turkey, and in the future include a railway, communication lines, and oil and gas pipelines.
Rapid falls in the level of the Caspian Sea are affecting ports and oil shipments and threatening to inflict catastrophic damage on sturgeon and seal populations, according to Azerbaijani officials.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared Thursday that the nation must be prepared for war at all times, emphasizing that national security rests on the strength of the state, its people, and its military.
On August 21, President Ilham Aliyev, speaking to residents of Kalbajar, disclosed the rationale behind the free weapons that Armenia received from various countries in the past.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that Armenia plans to simplify border procedures not only at the Armenia-Azerbaijan border but at all border checkpoints across the country.
Protection from external threats is a sovereign right of nations and peoples. Usually, dangerous challenges come from neighbors who integrate into various bloc schemes, or from hostile states.
The South Caucasus, a geopolitically significant but narrow passway between Europe and Asia, has recently become the center of global focus once again.
For decades, establishing lasting peace in the South Caucasus has been one of the most persistent challenges for regional states and international actors alike.
Legally, Armenia has indeed undertaken to open the route, but the political practice of implementation will depend on many factors.
In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Azerbaijani Ambassador Khazar Ibrahim praised Trump’s leadership as essential in securing the deal.
Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR, together with Turkey’s Cengiz Holding, is forming a consortium to negotiate the purchase of Lukoil’s oil refinery in Burgas, Bulgaria.
It would be fitting if the US President was awarded the Nobel. The prize is partly endowed by funds the founding brothers made in Baku.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed the nation to explain the provisions of the peace treaty with Azerbaijan, which was ratified by the foreign ministers of both countries during their Washington meeting on August 8.
