Turkish official: Work is underway to open route from Azerbaijan to  Nakhijevan via Armenia

ArmInfo. Work is underway to open a route from Azerbaijan to Nakhijevan through Armenia.

According to media reports, Transportation and Infrastructure  Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu  told the Hurriyet newspaper.

"Work is underway on the route passing through Armenia. Its length is  43 kilometers. But if there are problems on the Armenian side, then  Azerbaijan also has contacts with Iran regarding the possibility of  passing the route through the territory of Iran," Uraloglu noted.

According to him, both options are now being considered. Regarding  the question of what stage the construction is at, the Turkish  official said that the Azerbaijani side continues construction work  on its territory. A tender has also been announced for the  construction of a road from Turkey to Nakhijevan.

It should be noted that the Meghri route is a project of a transport  route about 40 km long through the territory of the Syunik region of  Armenia, which would provide transport links between the western  regions of Azerbaijan and its exclave Nakhijevan Autonomous Republic.  The opening of transport routes in the region was provided for by the  agreements that stopped the 44-day Azerbaijani aggression against  Artsakh in the fall of 2020. However, Azerbaijan is now trying to get  an extraterritorial corridor instead of a transit road.