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Azerbaijan ‘drops demand for Zangezur Corridor’ from peace agreement 

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Azerbaijan has reportedly agreed to withdraw their demand for a ‘Zangezur Corridor’ through southern Armenia from a peace agreement with Armenia, removing a major roadblock to the signing of a treaty. Elchin Amirbayov, Aliyev’s senior envoy for special assignments, told RFE/RL that Azerbaijan and Armenia had agreed to put off the arrangement of the transportation routes. The Armenian Foreign Ministry did not respond to a request for comment. ‘On mutual agreement, we decided to take this para

An existing section of the Nakhchivan-Armenia-Azerbaijan rail tracks, in Nakhchivan. Photo: Azertaj
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Armenia tense as Turkey and Azerbaijan renew ‘Zangezur corridor’ discussions

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After Azerbaijan and Turkey resumed discussions of the ‘Zangezur corridor’, Armenian officials have expressed their opposition to the proposal. The corridor is proposed to connect Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan through Armenian territory, with Azerbaijan demanding that such transport be exempted from any customs checks. It has been a consistent point of disagreement in Armenia–Azerbaijan peace negotiations.  While it appeared in late 2023 that discussions of the corridor had been pu

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