Silk Road Briefing (18 July 2022)
EU energy needs may override Armenia’s geopolitical issues
Azerbaijan has been talking up the need for the contentious Zangazur Corridor development as the country expands its freight and energy transit capabilities. Transit cargo traffic through Azerbaijan increased by nearly 30% in H1 2022, while feeds through from Baku to the INSTC grew up to 300%. Azerbaijan’s geographical position and its established infrastructure have enabled the country to become an increasingly important transit logistics hub.
Developing that further comes with some tricky political problems, with the proposed Zangazur Corridor, which would create a direct link between Russia and Iran, and improved access between the EU and Asia becoming a hot political and infrastructure development topic.
The problems lie with its location – a Zangazur corridor would give Azerbaijan unimpeded access to Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic without Armenian checkpoints, via Armenia’s Syunik Province, and, in a broader sense, create a geopolitical corridor that would connect Turkey to the rest of the Turkic world thus “uniting it”. […]
To read the rest of the article, please click: https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2022/07/18/azerbaijan-talks-up-zangazur-corridor-amongst-armenian-concerns-as-transit-trade-grows/
© 2009-2024 Avrasya İncelemeleri Merkezi (AVİM) Tüm Hakları Saklıdır
Henüz Yorum Yapılmamış.
-
GERMANY CONFRONTS THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF ITS OTHER GENOCIDE - WALL STREET JOURNAL - 28.07.2017
Gabriele STEINHAUSER 04.08.2017 -
BMGS GUTERRES’İN 5+1 KIBRIS KONFERANSI HAKKINDAKİ AÇIKLAMASI VE DEĞERLENDİRME - 31.01.2021
Tugay ULUÇEVİK 03.02.2021 -
GEBELE’DE SONA DOĞRU
Halit GÜLŞEN 16.08.2011 -
CALL TO ACTION: URGE CONGRESS TO OPPOSE ARMENIAN HOUSE RESOLUTION 296 - TASC - 24.10.2019
TASC 25.10.2019 -
DOĞU AKDENİZ’DE ÇİN - 19.11.2021
Deniz ÜNVER 19.11.2021