Transcaucasia

“We shall export our revolution to the whole world”, said the late Ayatollah Khomeini, whose Iranian revolution has been officially celebrating its 44^th anniversary this week. With the world’s attention focused primarily on Ukraine, most people missed the current Iranian president’s recent speech and the anti-regime hacker attack during his live internet broadcast of the address.

The Middle Corridor may become more competitive compared to the Northern Corridor.

This is what Iain Rawlinson, commercial director of the company “APM Terminals Poti”, which manages the Georgian port of Poti, told “Trend”.

„Therefore, to make the Middle Corridor remain competitive when the hostilities in Ukraine end and the situation in the region normalizes, it will need its exceptional efficiency in creating transparent rail and sea transport links“, he said.

The UK will continue to be a reliable partner of Azerbaijan, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in his message at VIII Global Baku Forum - "The World after COVID-19", Trend reports.

The message of the British prime minister was read by the deputy head of the British diplomatic mission in Baku, Philip Barclay.

The Iranian parliament has ratified a draft trade and economic agreement (convention) with the Caspian littoral states, the information portal of the Iranian parliament reports.

Source: https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/3506995.html

While supporting Azerbaijan’s sustainable and inclusive economic recovery, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is confident that a new private sector led growth model can help the country diversify its economy and spur job creation by prioritizing the non-oil sectors, Ivana Fernandes Duarte, IFC’s Regional Manager for the South Caucasus stated.

We are planning jointly working with the EU to expand the geography of our gas supplies, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said receiving credentials of newly appointed Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Azerbaijan Peter Michalko, Trend reports.

We hope that a new agreement between the EU and Azerbaijan will be signed before the end of this year, Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu said, Trend reports.

The minister made the statement at a press conference in Tbilisi.

“While in Azerbaijan, we noted our confidence that this country is key to the stability and prosperity of the South Caucasus”, he said.

The unblocking of transport routes in the South Caucasus creates tremendous opportunities for cooperation, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said, Trend reports.

The minister made the statement while speaking at the panel discussion entitled ‘South Caucasus: New Opportunities for Regional Peace and Cooperation’ within the framework of the Diplomatic Forum in Antalya (Turkey).

As the Secretary General of the Turkic Council, I welcome the signing of the Shusha Declaration on Allied Relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Turkey on 15 June 2021 in Shusha city, one of the ancient cradles of the Turkic culture. 

The fact that Azerbaijan is going to help Armenia maintain a steady supply of natural gas whether from Russia or anywhere else, is another sign of how positively and humanely Azerbaijan has behaved in the aftermath of the Second Karabakh War, former US ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza told Trend.

Russian gas will be temporarily transported to Armenia through Azerbaijan due to the repair of the North Caucasus - Transcaucasia gas pipeline.