The opening of the Zangezur corridor will help increase our trade volume with Azerbaijan and other countries, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey, Alparslan Bayraktar said in an interview with APA news agency of Azerbaijan.
The minister emphasized that the opening of this corridor is of great importance in linking Turkey and Azerbaijan.
“If the Zangezur corridor is opened, not only energy but logistically, both railway and road connections will bring the two countries closer to each other. At the same time, the opening of this corridor could provide significant benefits in the energy sector, especially electricity. We could use the vast wind potential in the Caspian Sea to generate electricity and transport it to Turkiye [(Turkey)], and from Turkiye to Europe,” Bayraktar said.
The Armenian authorities have categorically stated many times that there will be no corridor via Armenian territory. Persistent talks in Azerbaijan and Turkey about the “Zangezur corridor,” however, indicate plans to occupy a part of Armenia’s territory.
