Azerbaijan’s long-discussed Zangezur Corridor appears to be entering a new phase, shifting from a prolonged political dispute into a concrete infrastructure project with wider regional ambitions. In an interview with Azerbaijan Television in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev presented the corridor not simply as a transport link between mainland Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan, but as a strategic component of the country’s emerging role in Eurasian trade.

As it was mentioned, the corridor is not a new diplomatic idea born from post-war negotiations. It is the realization of a long-standing national objective where it is necessary to establish uninterrupted communication between mainland Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.

For Baku, however, the importance of the agreement has never been limited to its historical context. The corridor has increasingly become part of Azerbaijan’s broader transport strategy. The political debate is now mainly focused on the significance of the corridor and the conditions in which it should function.

Recalling the trilateral statement signed after the end of the Second Karabakh War, President Ilham Aliyev noted that the document provided for a corridor connecting the main part of Azerbaijan with the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. At the same time, he stated that no practical steps had been taken to open the Zangezur corridor for five years after the end of the war. Throughout this period, Azerbaijan has repeatedly noted that the relevant provision was not being implemented, while Armenia resisted what Baku called the opening of the corridor. Russia, which had been involved........

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