By Tehran Tapdigov, from Baku / Azerbaijan Armenia is lifting the restrictions previously imposed on the transit of cargo in the direction of Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this during discussions of the 2026 state budget draft in the Parliamentary Committee on Financial, Credit, and Budgetary Affairs. Pashinyan noted that this decision is a reciprocal step taken in response ...
By Tehran Tapdigov, from Baku / Azerbaijan On October 9, the defense ministers of Türkiye, Azerbaijan, and Georgia met in Ankara, Türkiye. During the meeting, bilateral and trilateral agreements were signed to enhance regional security. The signed agreements are also characterized as strengthening Türkiye’s military presence in the South Caucasus. So, what will the process look like from here? What ...
By Yıldıran Acar, Political Scientist The meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska on August 15 is much more than a diplomatic moment captured in a photograph. It comes at the heart of a time when power dynamics are being reshaped, alliances are being tested, and energy and transportation routes are being reintroduced to the global market. Washington and Moscow’s ...
By Yıldıran Acar On Friday, August 8, 2025, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a historic agreement at the White House, at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump. According to the agreement, the Zangezur Corridor will be leased to the United States for a period of 99 years and will be named “Trump Route ...
The Caucasus remains one of the world’s most strategic regions, connecting Central Asia with Europe, via Türkiye, and simultaneously, Russia with Iran and the Persian Gulf, via Armenia and Azerbaijan. Efforts for a lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan are overshadowed by a growing US interference into the region. Most recently, US ambassador to Türkiye, Thomas Barrack, proposed that the ...
By Masoud Sadrmohammadi Although Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s trip to Baku last week was a one-day visit due to the necessity of his presence in Iran to manage the explosion incident at Shahid Rajaee Port on the Persian Gulf coast, it was considered an important and historic trip in Iran-Azerbaijan relations. This is because Pezeshkian was the first Iranian president ...
By Tehran Tapdigov, Baku / Azerbaijan The statement that ended the Second Karabakh War between Azerbaijan and Armenia contains several clauses. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and Russian leader Vladimir Putin signed a statement related to this on November 10, 2020. The 9th clause of the statement concerns the opening of transportation corridors. This includes the ...
By Mehmet Akif Akıncı Following a meeting between Iran’s former president, Ebrahim Raisi, and Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, on the banks of the Aras River, many believed that the tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan over the Zangezur Corridor had finally subsided. It was thought that both sides were moving toward a joint project without further disputes on the ...
By Tehran Tapdigov, Baku, Azerbaijan Russian President Vladimir Putin, who visited Azerbaijan on August 18-19, discussed many issues of the region with Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev. Many intergovernmental documents were signed. After the meeting, Azerbaijan submitted an application to the organization for membership in BRICS. The fact that the Russian leader invited Aliyev to the next BRICS summit, to be ...
By Sabina Alizade In an interview with TGRT Haber, Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu confirmed plans to start the construction of this railway line by the end of this year, stating that the project will be completed within five years. A tender for the construction of the 224-kilometre railway was announced earlier this year, and negotiations regarding ...