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Azerbaijani, Turkish Leaders Hold Talks On Controversial Land Corridor

POSTED ON November 8, 2023 •   World      BY Segun Adewole
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held significant talks on Monday, where President Aliyev hinted at the possibility of establishing a land corridor connecting their two nations via Armenia, despite Armenia's strong opposition. Erdogan made a conspicuous visit to Azerbaijan's autonomous Nakhchivan exclave, which sits between Armenia, Iran, and Turkey. Both Ankara and Baku have long aspired to create a land corridor through southern Armenia, linking Nakhchivan with the mainland of Azerbaijan. In 2021, President Aliyev had previously threatened to create this corridor, which would solidify a continuous land connection between Turkey and Azerbaijan while denying Armenia a land border with Iran, stating it would happen "whether Armenia likes it or not." The choice of location for Monday's talks, coming shortly after Azerbaijani forces regained control of Nagorno-Karabakh, is expected to heighten concerns in Armenia. Armenia has historically rejected the idea of a land corridor but expressed willingness to restore severed road and rail links. During a joint news conference where questions were not entertained, President Aliyev criticized Soviet-era decisions that assigned Azerbaijani territory to the Armenian Soviet republic, effectively cutting off the land link between Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan. An influential telegram channel associated with Karabakh Armenians, "Re:public of Artsakh," viewed Aliyev's statements with alarm and claimed that Azerbaijan and Turkey were openly targeting the Armenian province of Syunik for such a corridor, signaling active preparations for a potential conflict. Erdogan and Aliyev also planned to inspect a recently modernized military facility in Nakhchivan and participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new gas pipeline from Turkey. Meanwhile, Russia, with military installations in Armenia and a defense pact with Yerevan, is facing its own Ukraine conflict. It seeks to maintain ties with Baku and Ankara while disapproving of Armenia's current pro-Western prime minister. Erdogan, addressing the U.N. General Assembly, urged for a comprehensive peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, emphasizing the need for fulfilling promises, especially regarding the opening of the Zangezur corridor, as outlined in the 2020 Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the 44-day war. The interpretation of this clause remains contentious between Baku and Yerevan.
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