YEREVAN, September 3. /ARKA/. The first export deal of goods from Armenia to Azerbaijan has likely already taken place, announced the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan:
"I believe that the first deal has already taken place. But I would prefer that it be completed, and then I think the companies themselves will announce it," Pashinyan said at a briefing on Thursday:
According to the Prime Minister, the government does not intend to disclose the details of such commercial agreements:
"We do not discuss such deals in detail. Our task is to create political conditions so that business communities can work together and see what mutual interest exists," he said:
Pashinyan clarified that the relevant contract has already been signed, but the companies are still completing internal procedures:
"There is already a contract and a deal. The fact has already occurred, but let the companies complete their internal procedures. There will be information about this," the Prime Minister stated:
Earlier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, reported that Azerbaijani companies had purchased goods from Armenian companies:
On the supply of goods between Armenia and Azerbaijan:
The transit of goods to Armenia through the territory of Azerbaijan became possible after Baku announced the lifting of all restrictions on such transit on October 21, 2025:
The first railway shipments of Russian and Kazakh grain arrived in Armenia through Azerbaijan and Georgia in November 2025:
Direct supplies of goods from Azerbaijan to Armenia began on December 19, 2025. At that time, a train with 22 wagons carrying 1218 tons of Azerbaijani-produced A95 gasoline arrived in the republic via Georgia. The fuel was purchased by two private companies:
Subsequent supplies of petroleum products from Azerbaijan continued:
According to the South Caucasus Railway, by mid-May 2026, about 45,000 tons of cargo from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan had been transported to Armenia through the territory of Azerbaijan:
