Zangezur corridor

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The Zangezur corridor (Armenian: Զանգեզուրի միջանցք, romanized: Zangezuri mijantsk; Azerbaijani: Zəngəzur dəhlizi) is a concept for a transport corridor that emerged after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, promoted by Azerbaijan and Turkey as a direct land link between mainland Azerbaijan and its Nakhchivan exclave through Armenia's southern Syunik province. This proposed route is often envisioned without Armenian checkpoints. The concept was not part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement but was introduced to the geopolitical lexicon later by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Armenia has steadily objected to it, asserting that "corridor logic" deviates from the ceasefire terms, and that it is a form of propaganda that threatens Armenian sovereignty. International perspectives are split; some regard it as a pan-Turkic expansionist project which undermines the safety and security of Armenians; others consider the corridor to be a mechanism for easing the long-standing Turkish...

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