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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.

Azerbaijan-based freighter carrier Silk Way Airlines has celebrated its 20th anniversary.

Iran has offered financial and technical support to Armenian plans to build a 550km North–South Road Corridor that would bypass Azerbaijani territory.

The Ministry of Commerce said the National Logistics Cell (NLC) trucks left with a consignment for Turkey and Azerbaijan via Iran under the Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR) convention on Friday.

The launch of Academician Khoshbakht Yusifzade is the third Volqa-Don MAX tanker from Baku Shipyard for Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC.

With the emergence of China and other manufacturing powerhouses in Asia that constantly seek access to new markets, the Caucasus has become attractive as a transit route for the movement of goods between the two parts of the Eurasian continent. Georgia (and by extension Armenia) have a historic chance to capitalize on this economic reality.

Throughout history, the country known today as Azerbaijan was a key location on The Silk Road, the ancient network of trade routes connecting Central Asia with the West.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have suspended negotiations on a new transportation route that, if implemented, could boost the economy of both countries.

Constructing long-term peace requires genuine political will, prestige and a record of untarnished leadership. When Russia negotiated an agreement in November 2020 following the second Nagorno-Karabakh War, spirits were high for a proposed revival of connectivity and economic cooperation to decrease tensions and ultimately lead to a sustainable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Six airports currently maintain international status in Azerbaijan. Baku “GYD”, Ganja “GNJ”, Nakhchivan “NAJ”, Gabala “GBB”, Lankaran “LLK” and Zagatala “ZTU”.