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Armenia proposes opening regional transport links as part of ‘Crossroads of Peace’

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has unveiled the ‘Crossroads of Peace’ — a regional transport proposal that would connect Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Georgia through Armenia. Pashinyan announced the details of the proposal on Thursday at the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum in Georgia as an ‘important part of the peace agenda’ in the South Caucasus. The project would see the renovation and development of roads, railways, pipelines, cables, and electricity lines between Armenia and Turkey an

Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash (left) and Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev (right) laying the foundation for the transit route. Image via Azertaj.

Armenia–Iran Relations

Azerbaijan begins construction of corridor to Nakhchivan through Iran

by Ismi Aghayev

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Azerbaijan and Iran have laid the foundation for a transit route connecting western Azerbaijan with its exclave of Nakhchivan through Iran. On 6 October, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev and Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Mehrdad Bazrpash, took part in a groundbreaking ceremony for a bridge connecting the two countries over the River Aras. Bazrapsh announced that Azerbaijan and Iran would establish a border crossing near the abandoned town of Aghband, clo

Video published by the Azerbaijani Security Services allegedly showing Iranian religious literature translated into Azerbaijani that was seized.

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Azerbaijan arrests ‘Iran-backed militants’

by Ismi Aghayev

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The Azerbaijani authorities have arrested 19 Azerbaijani citizens who they said were members of an Iranian-backed militant group in the country. On Monday, Azerbaijan’s State Security Service said they had exposed and neutralised an illegal armed group created by and under the control of the Iranian special services. The Security Service said the group was given false identity documents with which they travelled to Tehran through third countries, after which they were flown to Syria on milit