Author: Sasha Vakulina
Published on: 08/08/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
“We are today establishing peace in the South Caucasus,” Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev says. “(We are) laying foundations to a better story that the one we had in the past,” he adds. In September 2023, Azerbajan reclaimed full control of the Karabakh region. ‘Trump route’ in South Caucasus Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to create a major transit corridor that will be named the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity. It will connect mainland Azerbajan and its Nakhchivan region, which borders Baku’s ally Turkey via Armenian territory. For Baku, the corridor offers a direct land connection to the region. Yerevan was concerned it could threaten Armenian sovereignty. The new Trump route will be operated according to Armenian law. The US will sublease the land to a consortium for infrastructure and management. Russia’s attempts to repair its ties with Baku were destroyed when an Azerbaijani airliner crashed in Kazakhstan in December, killing 38 of 67 people aboard. Investigations into the incident revealed that the Azerbajan Airlines Flight 8243 was shot at by Russian air defence over Russia’s Grozny and rendered uncontrollable by electronic warfare.
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