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Armenia has completed its first export transaction with Azerbaijan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Thursday, marking a new step toward establishing direct commercial ties between the two countries.
Pashinyan did not disclose the product, value of the transaction, transportation route or companies involved.
“I think the companies themselves will announce it,” he said.
Without those details, it is not yet possible to determine whether the shipment was a symbolic trial transaction or the beginning of regular bilateral trade.
Trade Begins Moving in Both Directions
Pashinyan announced in mid-August that Armenian companies were preparing to export goods to Azerbaijan.
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan later said Azerbaijani businesses had reached agreements to purchase products from Armenian suppliers.
The latest statement indicates that at least one of those agreements has now progressed to an actual export operation.
Azerbaijan, meanwhile, has continued supplying fuel to Armenia. On September 3, a train carrying 989 metric tons of diesel fuel departed from the Balajari railway station in Baku. The shipment consisted of 17 tank cars.
The start of Armenian exports gives the emerging trade relationship a two-way character after decades without direct commercial ties.
Its immediate economic impact may be limited, but the transaction is politically significant.
It shows that the normalization process is beginning to produce practical business activity alongside diplomatic negotiations and new regional transportation initiatives.
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