Pashinyan and Aliyev meet amidst news of Armenian exports to Azerbaijan
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where they discussed the peace process and the delimitation of their shared border. On the same day, Armenia hinted that it might soon begin exporting goods to Azerbaijan.
The meeting was their first since Armenia’s June parliamentary elections and came shortly after the first anniversary of the Washington Summit, held on 8 August 2025, where the two sides initialled a peace treaty and agreed to establish the Trump Route, which would connect mainland Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan through Armenian territory.
According to the similar readouts issued by both Azerbaijan and Armenia, Pashinyan and Aliyev discussed the progress already made in the peace process and plans for further actions.
The sides also described the export of Azerbaijani petroleum products to Armenia, which began in December 2025, as well as Azerbaijan’s role in the transit of grain and other goods originating from third countries as ‘important practical manifestations of the dividends of peace’.
They also underscored the importance of continuing the delimitation process, and discussed ‘further practical steps related to the implementation’ of the agreements and ‘underlined the significance of connectivity projects along the TRIPP’.
‘The leaders also welcomed contacts between the business communities and exchanged views on opportunities for further expanding mutually beneficial economic, trade, and energy cooperation’, the readout said.
On the same day, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said in an interview with Armenia’s Public TV that soon Armenian will start exports to Azerbaijan.
