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Azerbaijan is set to send a second shipment of petroleum products to neighboring Armenia on Thursday, about a month after its first such delivery, Armenian officials said.
Lilit Shaboyan, press secretary of Armenia’s Economy Ministry, confirmed the shipment in response to an inquiry from state news agency Armenpress on Thursday, but did not provide further details.
Her confirmation followed reports by Azerbaijani media, including Trend news agency, which said Wednesday that the shipment would be carried out on Jan. 8.
According to those reports, the fuel will be shipped from the Guzdak railway station and the Baku cargo station and will include 1,000 tons of RON 92 gasoline, 1,000 tons of diesel fuel and 1,800 tons of RON 95 gasoline.
Azerbaijan delivered domestically produced petroleum products to Armenia for the first time in December, marking a rare economic exchange between the two countries.
Armenian Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan described the shipment at the time as unprecedented.
“Perhaps, this is the first trade and economic transaction between Armenia and Azerbaijan not only after the peace established between the two countries, but also after independence in general,” Papoyan wrote on the U.S.-based social media platform Facebook.
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The fuel shipments follow a declaration signed by Azerbaijan and Armenia at a trilateral summit at the White House in August 2025, alongside U.S. President Donald Trump, aimed at ending decades of conflict.
The declaration included commitments to cease hostilities, reopen transport routes and normalize relations between the two South Caucasus neighbors.
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