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Azerbaijan’s position on the strategic Zangezur corridor connecting mainland Azerbaijan to the Nakhchivan exclave remains unchanged and is rooted in international law and regional cooperation, Foreign Ministry spokesman Aykhan Hajizada has said.

Turkish Trade Minister Ömer Bolat has announced that the Türkiye-Syria transit corridor will be fully operational next year, allowing Turkish trucks to travel by road to Jordan and Gulf countries.

Tehran proposes to create an Iran-Azerbaijan-Georgia transit corridor within the TRACECA, said Amin Taraffo, advisor to the minister of roads and urban development of Iran, has said.

President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order approving the cooperation agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Russian Federation on developing transit freight traffic along the international transport corridor “North-South”.

Shahmar Movsumov, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, highlighted the key role of transport corridors in boosting Azerbaijan's transit potential and creating valuable business opportunities.

From January to July 2024, the volume of transit freight passing through the North-South international transport corridor reached 434,651 tons.