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Recent geo-political processes in the South Caucasus and around the world significantly affect Eurasia’s transportation network by changing the roles and positions of its participants.

The Memorandum was concluded between Azerbaijan and Iran, but it is not difficult to calculate how important this new line of communication will be for other countries in the region and for international logistics.

Silk Way West Airlines (7L, Baku) has taken over both B747-400(FSCD)s formerly operated by Sky Gates Airlines (U3, Moscow Vnukovo) following their repossession and has since re-registered them in Azerbaijan, ch-aviation research has revealed.

Ghasemi is in Azerbaijan on top of a high-ranking delegation to attend the two countries’ 15th Joint Economic Committee meeting.

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan agreed to establish a joint venture to develop the Trans-Caspian international transport route. This was announced during the meeting between the Chair of the Board of Samruk Kazyna Wealth Fund Almassadam Satkaliev and Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan Mikayil Jabbarov on March 9 in Baku.

The Zangezur Corridor will not only contribute to the growth of bilateral trade between regional countries, but it will also open up regional development opportunities and strengthen the South Caucasus' position as a transportation hub, writes Orkhan Baghirov in this op-ed for KarabakhSpace.

The EKZ electric locomotive manufacturing joint venture of Alstom and Transmashholding has delivered the last of 40 Prima T8 AZ8A heavy freight locos which were ordered by national railway ADY in 2014.

Secretariat of Organization of Turkic States welcomes the decision of Uzbekistan taken unilaterally by its respective law that provides reduction of road fees for Azerbaijani transporters from January 1, 2022, by up to four times depending on the carrying capacity of vehicles (up to 10 tons – 100 USD, from 10 to 20 tons – 150 USD, over 20 tons – 200 USD).

ADY Containers has launched a new service between Xi’an in China and Baku in Azerbaijan. The first train commenced from China on 6 December and arrived in Azerbaijan on 29 December through the Trans-Caspian route.

The geopolitical situation in the Caucasus between Armenia and Azerbaijan has hindered the development of rail links in the region.

The Sumqayit-Yalama railway line in Azerbaijan saw the first trains running after its reconstruction. The line is part of the North-South transport corridor passing through Azerbaijan.

Following the Protocols signed in 2009 to normalise relations between Turkey and Armenia, Turkey took the initiative as of 2010 to implement a holistic cooperative project, which aimed at supporting regional ties in the South Caucasus through economic-commercial means reacting effects on a regional as well as global scale.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, will resume its direct flights to Baku, with two weekly flights starting from 06 January 2022.

A railway line from the liberated Azerbaijani territories to the Armenian border is expected to be ready toward the end of 2023, President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday, indicating that Baku already started work.

Baku International Sea Trade Port CJSC (Port of Baku) has seen a significant increase of 21% in total cargo volumes during the first nine months.

“Following a trip to hold two meetings [on road transportation] with Azerbaijan and Georgia, we proposed an initiative to the two countries to create a new transit corridor for regional convergence,” Director-General of RMTP Office of International Transit and Transportation Javad Hedayati told ISNA on Tuesday.

Transport, especially rail, sea and pipeline transport, is a strategic issue. It is so strategically important that it can have a significant impact on the security of countries and the balance of power in a region. Our country has no direct access to the sea. The negative effects of this factor are obvious to us.

Late last month (October 26), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, together inaugurated the Fuzuli International Airport, in Azerbaijan’s recently liberated city of Fuzuli, in Karabakh.

Armenia has also toned down the rhetoric around Nagorno-Karabakh, which signals some acceptance, at least for now, for rapprochement and the rejection of a radical irridentist policy.

Azerbaijan has completed the construction of a new airport, Fuzuli International Airport, in the region of Karabakh that was recently liberated from the Armenian occupation.

The trucks returned to Pakistan within stipulated time of two weeks from Azeri capital Baku and Turkish city of Istanbul.

The South Caucasus has entered a new phase since the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, with Baku now holding the advantage. This new paradigm could pave the way for resuming different transportation links across the South Caucasus, a move officially backed by Yerevan, Baku, and Moscow.

If we disregard the propaganda and various media announcements typical of publicity campaigns and try to distill the economic gist of Tehran's discontent, we will find that it is about financial flows. It is about real currency that Iranian companies received from direct and shadow trade with Armenia.