Pashinyan thanks Aliyev for lifting restrictions on cargo transfers

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed his gratitude to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for ending the country’s restrictions on the flow of cargo to Armenia on Sunday during his speech in the session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (EAEU) in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Talking about how 2025 was ‘significant’ in terms of the international cooperation of the EAEU, Pashinyan touched upon the prospects for developing cooperation in the field of transport and logistics.

‘In this context, I would like to note that the positive and constructive changes taking place are creating new opportunities for all countries in the wider region, contributing to strengthening economic stability and expanding regional [transport links]’, Pashinyan said.

Immediately after this remark, Pashinyan expressed his ‘appreciation’ to Aliyev ‘for his decision to lift the blockade on the transit of goods through the territory of Azerbaijan to Armenia, as well as for creating conditions for the start of bilateral trade’.

Pashinyan called that decision ‘one of the first significant achievements in establishing peace and stability in the region’.

Aliyev announced during his 21 October visit to Kazakhstan that Baku had lifted all restrictions on the movement of goods to Armenia, following which Armenia has received two batches of wheat, from Russian and Kazakh, via Azerbaijan and Georgia, the third shipment is reportedly on the way.

On 19 December, Armenia received the first batch of Azerbaijani fuel shipments since 1988, marking a historic turning point in post-independence relations between the two countries.

(OC Media)