Azerbaijan borders two of the world's most active war zones, but President Ilham Aliyev said at the conference gathering the world's top media professionals on Monday that peace remains achievable.
“We believe peace is possible," Aliyev said in his opening remarks at the Shusha Global Media Forum.
Aliyev reflected on alternative transport and connectivity routes, noting that instability elsewhere had increased the importance of corridors passing through his country.
“The situation in the Middle East now makes this corridor more attractive,” Azerbaijan's president said, referring to the increasingly key route's continuing development.
Aliyev said Azerbaijan had begun supplying natural gas to Germany and Austria as part of a broader effort to expand exports across Europe.
