US Management of the Zangezur Corridor In The Caucasus? Iran Won't Like It.

US Management of the Zangezur Corridor In The Caucasus? Iran Won't Like It.

A US proposal to place the proposed Zangezur Corridor -- a critical link between mainland Azerbaijan and its Naxcivan exclave via southern Armenia -- under American management has deepened fault lines in the South Caucasus and stirred unease in Iran.

U.S. Inches Closer to Causing Major Caucasus Crisis With Offer to Administer Transport Corridor Between Turkey and Azerbaijan

Moscow takes measures against Baku and Yerevan to warn against corridor move that would upset regional balance and be blow to Iran and Russia.

U.S. Interest in Armenia-Azerbaijan Transit Sparks Confusion

For the first time in 31 years of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, the situation feels more unpredictable than ever. In the past, there was a grim certainty that another war would erupt just as it did in September 2020 while peace, on the other hand, always seemed distant. In recent weeks, comments from U.S. President Donald Trump that it was almost a done deal simply solicited disagreement among analysts and political commentators.  As if that …

Yerevan Signals Lingering Differences with Baku on Transport Links - The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am) — The Armenian government indicated on Monday, July 21, that it still disagrees with Baku on some practical modalities of a transport corridor that would connect Azerbaijan to its Nakhichevan exclave through Armenia. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan rejected through a spokeswoman Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s fresh demands for the transit of people and cargo to be exempt from Armenian border controls. Pashinyan implie…

While Aliyev and Erdogan Press Ahead with ‘Zangezur Corridor,’ Yerevan Rejects Baku’s Demands

The presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey, Ilham Aliyev and Recep Tayyip Erdogan separately emphasized the importance of the so-called “Zangezur Corridor,” in response to which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s office “rejected” demands laid out by Aliyev over the weekend. Speaking at an international media conference hosted in occupied Stepanakert this weekend, Aliyev said that he had reiterate his demands for the “Zangazur Corridor” to Pashinyan …

US Proposes to Oversee Contested Armenia-Azerbaijan Corridor – EUROP INFO

The United States has stepped forward with a proposal to oversee the management of a disputed corridor between Armenia and Azerbaijan, aiming to ease ongoing tensions in the volatile South Caucasus region. This initiative, reported by Middle East Eye, comes amid renewed diplomatic efforts to stabilize a strategic passage whose control has long been a flashpoint in the complex Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. Washington’s offer marks a significant de…