Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he held talks with Armenian Premier Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of an EU summit in the Czech capital Prague last week and that they also held inter-delegation meetings, according to Anadolu Agency.

Türkiye and Armenia have been engaged in talks on normalizing ties.

“Regarding the Zangazur corridor, I do not see any problems,” he stressed, referring to a planned route through Armenian territory to connect Azerbaijan and its exclave of Nakhchivan.

The region of Zangezur was part of Azerbaijan, but in the 1920s, the Soviets gave the region to Armenia, where it is now known as Syunik. This deprived Azerbaijan of its direct overland route to the Nakhchivan exclave.

For the corridor, Azerbaijan has focused on planned connections including motorways and a 43-kilometer (26.7-mile) railway.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said in May that Baku agreed with Yerevan on establishing a corridor, including the construction of both railways and highways.

Following the completion of the railway, Azerbaijan will be able to reach Iran, Armenia, and Nakhchivan. The railway would also link Türkiye with Russia through Azerbaijan.

Source: AZERTAC