According to Report, Suleymanov noted that one of the first outcomes of direct contacts between Baku and Yerevan following the Second Karabakh War was Armenia’s decision in late 2023 to support Azerbaijan’s bid to host COP29, which took place in Baku a year later.
He also highlighted that the two sides had agreed on border delimitation procedures and were discussing cooperation under the Trump International Route for Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project.
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“Economic connectivity between our two countries has begun in earnest even before TRIPP completes its negotiation stage. A year ago, a breakthrough lifted transit restrictions on Armenia, allowing goods destined for Armenia to travel through Azerbaijani territory. Two months later, Azerbaijan delivered its first shipment of domestically produced petrol to Armenia, and by the middle of this year, tens of thousands of tons of fuel products had been successfully exported from Azerbaijan to our neighbor,” Suleymanov wrote.According to the ambassador, the newly established regional supply chain has reduced domestic fuel costs for Armenians by 20–30% and is helping to reduce Armenia’s overdependence on a single, Chernobyl-design, Soviet-built nuclear power plant for its energy production.
“Still, few would have dared to imagine at the height of the war in 2020 what would be possible — and already achieved — just six short years later. The Caucasus has shown the world that normalization through diplomatic and trade relations is achievable even between the most determined adversaries. A treaty formalizing that peace is the next step. We must hope that other parts of the world ravaged by war can draw courage and hope from what we have achieved,” he concluded.
