BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 2. The Zangezur
Corridor is an essential building block towards the normalization
of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, said Elchin Amirbayov,
Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on
special assignments, Trend reports.

He made the remark during a panel discussion at the Antalya
Diplomacy Forum held today.

“Beyond the purely economic benefits of interaction and
transportation connectivity, the Middle Corridor could also serve
as an important confidence and peace-building tool in a
post-conflict environment. A clear example of this in the South
Caucasus is the so-called Zangezur Corridor. This is an essential
building block towards the normalization of relations between
Armenia and Azerbaijan, which have been in conflict for almost
three decades,” he said.

Amirbayov noted that this project would not only link Armenia
and Azerbaijan, putting an end to Armenia’s economic isolation, but
also benefit all countries in the region, including Russia,
Türkiye, and Iran. “What is important is that it could also become
an alternative to the already existing routes of the Middle
Corridor,” he said.

“We do hope that Armenia, currently delaying the implementation
of the reopening of this transportation link, would realize the
benefits for itself and strive to put itself on the regional
connectivity map. Otherwise, the current idea of Armenia
implementing the “crossroads” project would not be efficient, and
it will remain a dead-ended region,” the official added.