Azerbaijan opens transit route for Russian agricultural cargo to Armenia

A shipment of Russian agricultural goods will be transported to Armenia via Azerbaijan in a transit operation scheduled for June 4, APA reports.

The cargo comprises three wagons of wheat, two wagons of barley and one wagon of fertilisers.

The train will depart from Balajary station in Azerbaijan.

Earlier, Azerbaijan facilitated the transit of Russian agricultural cargo to Armenia, including grain, fertilisers and other commodities, via its railway network.

More recently, two wagons carrying 126 tons of urea and one wagon with 67 tons of flour were dispatched from the Bilajari railway station operated by Azerbaijan Railways on May 28.

Overall, Azerbaijan has handled more than 28,000 tons of grain, over 4,000 tons of fertilisers, 133 tons of aluminium and 68 tons of buckwheat in transit shipments from Russia to Armenia.

Separately, fuel deliveries to Armenia have also been recorded, including over 10,000 tons of diesel and several thousand tons of AI-92 and AI-95 petrol.

By Aghakazim Guliyev