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A long-standing impasse in the South Caucasus is finally beginning to break. After three decades, the borders between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as Turkiye and Armenia, are closer to reopening than ever before. When that day arrives, it will be a game-changer for the region.
Armenia and Azerbaijan last week signed a peace framework in Washington. The two neighbors, long divided by territorial disputes, agreed to end hostilities, normalize relations and respect each other’s territorial integrity.
Besides the signatories, no other country will likely be more pleased with the peace declaration between Yerevan and Baku than Turkiye. As a close ally of Azerbaijan, Turkiye has also been engaged in normalization talks with Armenia in recent years. This process of normalization could now gain significant momentum.
Ankara welcomed the peace declaration between Azerbaijan and Armenia and said it hoped a planned strategic transit corridor, which could boost its exports of energy and other resources through the South Caucasus, will open soon. The new agreement replaces the original Zangezur Corridor plan with the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity.”
