Another Russian shipment to Armenia set to transit Azerbaijan

Another shipment bound for Armenia from Russia will pass through Azerbaijan.

On August 19, 26 railcars carrying wheat will be sent from the Bilajari station of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC toward Boyuk-Kasik station, Caliber.Az reports per local media.

The shipment is part of a transit route reopened following Azerbaijan’s decision to lift long-standing restrictions on cargo transit to Armenia. In October 2025, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced the lifting of restrictions that had been in place since the early 1990s conflict.

This decision followed a joint peace declaration signed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Washington in August 2025, in the presence of US President Donald Trump, aimed at normalising relations and restoring regional transport links.

The first Russian grain shipment via this route reached Armenia in early November 2025—the first such rail transit since the 1990s—travelling through Azerbaijan to the Georgian border before continuing onward, as a direct Armenia–Azerbaijan railway link remains unrestored.

By Jeyhun Aghazada