Azerbaijan lifts all restrictions on cargo transit to Armenia

ArmInfo.  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has announced the lifting of all restrictions on the transit of goods to Armenia. According to him, this is also a positive sign that "peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia is no longer just on  paper, but is being implemented in practice," RBK reports, citing the  Azerbaijani news agency APA.

Aliyev has made this statement during a joint press conference with  Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. "Azerbaijan has lifted all  transit restrictions  to Armenia... The first such transit cargo was  Kazakh grain shipment  to Armenia. I believe this is also a positive  sign that peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia is no longer just on  paper, but is being implemented in practice," Aliyev stated. He noted  that active cooperation between Azerbaijan and Armenia has  significant geopolitical significance. "Today, when new transport  routes are opening, when projects related to Eurasian regions are  being implemented, when the Caucasus and Central Asia are becoming  more interconnected and often operate within a single geographic  space, all this requires the constant attention and, naturally, the  participation of heads of state," the Azerbaijani leader said.

The day before, Aliyev and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev  discussed the Middle Corridor from China to the European Union  through the South Caucasus and Turkey, bypassing Russia.