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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 16. The Zangezur
Corridor promises significant opportunities within the
Azerbaijan–Central Asia platform, Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the
President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Department
of the Presidential Administration, told journalists today on the
sidelines of the 7th Consultative Meeting of Central Asian Heads of
State in Tashkent, Trend’s special correspondent reports.
“The Zangezur Corridor offers excellent opportunities and
prospects for economic, trade, transport, and logistics cooperation
within the Azerbaijan–Central Asia platform, which is being
established today,” he said.
Hajiyev noted that Azerbaijan’s foreign policy horizons are now
expanding.
“We have a unique geopolitical identity. Azerbaijan is, on the
one hand, a South Caucasus country and, on the other, part of
Central Asia, belonging to the Caspian basin. Azerbaijan is also
part of the Middle East region and lies within the Black Sea basin.
All of this provides a foundation for pursuing an active foreign
policy under the new concept defined by President Ilham Aliyev,”
Hajiyev said.
He emphasized that this format offers significant opportunities
for deepening relations between Azerbaijan and Central Asian
countries based on strategic partnership and alliance, as well as
for expanding economic, trade, cultural, humanitarian, and
transport-logistics ties.
