“We offer Armenia to get out of the blockade and use Turkey for transit to Europe.”
Turkey is working to step up transit potential of its eastern province of Kars, according to Arslan.
Arslan added that the Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communications is holding a tender for construction of the Kars-Digor-Tuzluca road to establish links between the Kars Province and Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan, as well as Iran.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
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