Azerbaijan Ships Fuel to Armenia for First Time in Three Decades
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is supplying domestically manufactured petroleum products to Armenia for the first time in a generation, a state news agency reported. The shipment consists of 1,220 tons of fuel distributed across 22 railway wagons, dispatched from a Baku terminal facility.
According to Azertac, the cargo is being routed to Boyuk Kesik Railway Station, positioned close to the Azerbaijani frontier with Georgia, which will serve as the transit corridor into Armenia.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan responded to the development Thursday, acknowledging awareness of the reports and signaling approval of the breakthrough.
"The trade is taking place between private companies. But, of course, it is the peace established between Armenia and Azerbaijan that has created the political conditions for this trade," Pashinyan stated, as quoted by an Armenian news agency.
Last October, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared that Baku had eliminated all cargo transit restrictions to Armenia. Pashinyan hailed the move as an "extremely important announcement."
The neighboring nations formalized a declaration during an August trilateral summit at the White House alongside US President Donald Trump, pledging to terminate decades of warfare through commitments to halt military operations, restore transportation links and establish normalized diplomatic relations.
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