Azerbaijan to allow wheat transit to Armenia

on the transit of goods to Armenia,” Aliyev said during a visit to Kazakhstan. “The first transit cargo will be a batch of Kazakh wheat delivered to Armenia. This fact proves that peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia is no longer on paper but in practice.” Pashinian was quick to welcome the statement through a spokeswoman. Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan clarified, for his part, that “the first batch of Kazakh wheat” mentioned by Aliyev “will enter Armenia via Georgian railway.” He gave no dates for the shipment or specify its volume. Pashinian has regularly stated that “peace has been established between Armenia and Azerbaijan” as a result of his August 8 agreements with Aliyev brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House. The trilateral summit resulted in the initialing of an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty. Baku continues to make its signing conditional on a change of the Armenian constitution. Pashinian’s political opponents maintain that the treaty will not ...