(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 7. Türkiye expects
implementation of the Zangezur Corridor project by 2029, Trend reports via the
statement of the country's Minister of transport and Infrastructure
Abdulkadır Uraloglu for local media.
"We consider this corridor irreplaceable," emphasized
Uraloglu.
He said that the Azerbaijani part of the Zangezur Corridor (from
Baku to Horadiz) is nearing completion.
"The length of the Turkish section of the corridor is 224 km.
Overall, the entire process of creating this corridor will take
five years. So, by 2028, we'll complete all the work," the minister
noted.
Construction is ongoing on the section from Horadiz to Ordubad
(Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan), excluding the part that passes through
the territory of Armenia, he explained.
"The existing road connecting the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
with Türkiye, approximately 100 km in length, will need
reconstruction. Its extension will be the Igdir-Kars railway, for
which tender procedures have already been carried out, and we will
start laying it this year," Uraloglu pointed out.
The minister also pointed out that recently there have been
positive responses from the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
regarding this corridor, although previously, the Armenian side
reacted negatively to a similar initiative.
"The length of the Armenian section of the Zangezur Corridor is
about 43 km. In case of an agreement, the Armenian side will need
to plan and tender to consider the corridor as fully completed," he
said.
He also mentioned that Iran has proposed the construction of a
road on its side that will connect Azerbaijan with the Nakhchivan
Autonomous Republic and Türkiye through its territory (bypassing
Armenia), and negotiations are underway regarding this.
"The Zangezur Corridor is the shortest route for Türkiye to
reach Central Asia and the Turkic countries," added the
minister.
Proposed by the Azerbaijani side, the Zangezur Corridor aims to
establish a transportation link between Azerbaijan's mainland and
its exclave, Nakhchivan, passing through Armenian territory. This
corridor emerged as part of the above-mentioned trilateral
statement signed by Azerbaijani, Armenian, and Russian leaders
following the 2020 second Karabakh war.
One point of the agreement outlined Armenia's commitment to
ensuring the security of transport connections to Nakhchivan,
facilitating the unrestricted movement of people, vehicles, and
goods in both directions.
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