Azerbaijan Facilitates Another Wheat Delivery To Armenia

2026-03-19 02:04:05

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 19. Another shipment of wheat is set to be transported to Armenia via the Azerbaijani territory as part of ongoing transit operations, Trend reports.

A total of 7 railcars carrying 488 tons of wheat are being dispatched through Azerbaijan to Armenia.

On October 21, 2025, in a joint press statement with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced that Azerbaijan had lifted all restrictions on cargo transit to Armenia that had been in place since the occupation, with the first shipment consisting of Kazakh grain.

Subsequent deliveries included both fuel and agricultural cargo. On December 18, SOCAR shipped 1,220 tons of RON-95 motor fuel to Armenia. On January 9, 2026, a total of 2,698 tons of cargo (48 railcars) were dispatched, including 1,742 tons of RON-95 gasoline and 956 tons of diesel fuel.

Further shipments followed in quick succession. On January 11, an 18-railcar train carrying 979 tons of RON-92 gasoline was delivered. On February 25, 4,500 tons of diesel fuel were transported, followed on March 5 by 31 railcars with 1,984 tons of diesel and two railcars carrying 135 tons of Russian fertilizer. Additional consignments included a seven-railcar train of Russian grain on March 9 and, on March 11, 11 railcars loaded with 1,023 tons of grain (net weight: 770 tons).

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