15:52, 9 January 2026

Azerbaijan sent its second batch of petroleum products to Armenia in three weeks.

Nearly 2,000 tons of gasoline and diesel fuel will arrive in Armenia via Georgia.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," in early November 2025, a shipment of Russian grain arrived in Armenia via Azerbaijan for the first time since the 1990s. The Armenian government noted that this fulfilled one of the agreements reached in the United States, which contributes to strengthening the peace established between Yerevan and Baku. This happened because Azerbaijan lifted restrictions on cargo transit to Armenia.

Armenia and the United States are discussing two scenarios for granting the right to build the Trump Route project in Armenia: for 99 and 49 years, while the land will remain Armenian property, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said. Construction work is expected to begin in 2026, but border delimitation may be necessary for the project's implementation.

Today, a total of 2,698 tons of cargo (48 railcars) were shipped from Azerbaijan's Bilajari station to Armenia, including 1,742 tons of AI-95 gasoline and 956 tons of diesel fuel. The railcars, loaded with petroleum products, will be delivered from Azerbaijan via Georgia and then to Armenia, Trend reports.

The Armenian Ministry of Economy confirmed information circulated by Azerbaijani media about the import of a second batch of petroleum products from Azerbaijan to Armenia, Armenpress reported.

It should be noted that on December 18, 2025, the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic delivered locally produced petroleum products to Armenia for the first time. Thus, 1,220 tons of AI-95 brand motor fuel, loaded into 22 tank cars, were sent by a freight train of Azerbaijan Railways from the Baku freight station in the direction of the Boyuk-Kesik station, Euronews reported.

The fuel supply is the result of an agreement reached on November 28, 2025, in Gabala, northwestern Azerbaijan, where Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev met with his Armenian counterpart Mher Grigoryan.

Armenia is considering transferring control of the Zangezur Corridor to an American company, the country's Deputy Foreign Minister announced. This statement was made against the backdrop of a meeting between Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan in Abu Dhabi. Reaching an agreement on the corridor without Russia's involvement would significantly weaken its position in the region and indicate a gradual exclusion from the South Caucasus. At the same time, Russian analysts noted that Moscow cannot offer alternative transport routes. US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack stated that the US has offered Armenia and Azerbaijan a 100-year lease of the Zangezur Corridor. For more information on the "Trump Route" and who owned these territories in the past, please refer to the "Caucasian Knot" reference.

On December 8, 2025, the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia responded to reports that "fuel deliveries from Azerbaijan to Armenia by rail are being delayed due to tariff barriers." According to the statement, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze instructed that no fee be charged for the first fuel delivery.

"On December 5, the Georgian government received a request from partner countries for a one-time transit of fuel from Azerbaijan to Armenia through Georgian territory. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze ordered Georgian Railways to immediately and one-time implement completely free rail freight transportation, the ministry's website stated.

Earlier, the Azerbaijani publication Minval Politika published an article claiming that the Georgian side had proposed a tariff of $92 per ton for a 111-kilometer section, which amounts to $0.82 per ton per kilometer.

"For comparison, similar cargo is transported across Azerbaijan over a distance of 680 km—from Yalama station to Boyuk-Kyasik station—at a rate of $17, or $0.02 per ton per kilometer. This is 40 times lower than the proposed Georgian rate. The 40-fold difference is not an indicator of the market, but of intent," the article stated, citing its own sources. publications.

As a reminder, at a meeting in Washington on August 8, 2025, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a declaration on the cessation of hostilities. US President Donald Trump stated that the key issue that prevented the signing of a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Zangezur Corridor, has been resolved.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/419764