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Azerbaijan has begun transporting its first fuel shipment to neighboring Armenia in 30 years, media reports said Thursday, as the two South Caucasus countries continue steps to improve ties following decades of conflict.
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is delivering domestically produced petroleum products to Armenia for the first time, according to the Azertac state news agency.
A total of 1,220 tons of fuel loaded into 22 railway wagons were dispatched from a terminal in Baku.
The shipment is being transported to the Boyuk Kesik Railway Station near Azerbaijan’s border with Georgia, through which the fuel will be delivered to Armenia.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said earlier Thursday that he had seen the reports and welcomed the development.
“The trade is taking place between private companies. But, of course, it is the peace established between Armenia and Azerbaijan that has created the political conditions for this trade,” Pashinian was quoted as saying by Armenian state news agency Armenpress.
In October, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced that Baku had lifted all restrictions on cargo transit to Armenia, a decision Pashinyan described at the time as an “extremely important announcement.”
The two countries signed a declaration in August at a trilateral summit at the White House, along with U.S. President Donald Trump, committing to end decades of conflict, cease hostilities, reopen transport routes and normalize relations.
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