ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said Zangezur trade corridor passing via Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran should be completed, Reuters reported on Tuesday, a day after the Turkish President met Azerbaijan’s President.
Erdogan Says Corridor Via Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran Must Be Completed
Speaking to media persons on his return from the Azeri exclave of Nakhchivan, where he also met President Ilham Aliyev, he said that if Armenia does not permit the trade corridor to pass via its territory, then Tehran was warm to the idea of permitting it passage.
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After Azerbaijan’s rout of Armenian troops in a 24-hour blitz in Nagorno-Karabakh last week, Azerbaijan has hoped to open a land bridge between Nakhchivan and Azerbaijan.
President Erdogan said Azerbaijan and Turkey would do their best to open this trade corridor as soon as possible. The Zangezur corridor aims to provide Baku with unhindered access to Nakhchivan via Armenia. Both Turkey and Azerbaijan have been calling for its execution since the 2nd Karabakh War in 2020.
