Armenia set to receive new Russian agricultural cargo via Azerbaijan route

A new shipment of wheat and fertilisers from Russia to Armenia will be transported today, June 1, via Azerbaijan.

The cargo includes two wagons of fertilisers and two wagons of wheat, Caliber.Az reports per local media.

The train is scheduled to depart at 14:00 from the Bilajari station operated by Azerbaijan Railways CJSC. It will then pass through the Boyuk Kasik station into Georgia, from where it will continue onward to Armenia.

Previously, more than 28,000 tons of wheat, over 4,000 tons of fertilisers, 133 tons of aluminium, and 68 tons of buckwheat were transported from Russia to Armenia via Azerbaijan.

In addition, Azerbaijan has been exporting petroleum products to Armenia. To date, more than 10,000 tons of diesel fuel, 979 tons of AI-92 gasoline, and 2,955 tons of AI-95 gasoline have been delivered.

By Jeyhun Aghazada