00:00ve air cargo transportasyonu.
00:03Değerli,
00:06başına baktığınızı bir
00:07ve o
00:09temelde de
00:10bir hizmetin
00:11evde
00:12ve bu
00:13bu
00:13Azerbaycan
00:14ve
00:14bu
00:16oraya
00:16oraya
00:17oraya
00:17oraya
00:17oraya
00:17bu
00:20geografik
00:21position
00:21between
00:22Europe
00:23and
00:23Asia
00:24bu
00:24an
00:24advantage
00:25ama
00:25without
00:26physical
00:26infrastructure
00:27it
00:27doesn't
00:27mean
00:28a
00:28lot
00:28So last year we had the record number of TU going through Azerbaijan, more than 100,000 and in a
00:38couple of years it will go up to 200 and even 300.
00:42The target is 500,000 TU.
00:45For that purpose we already started expansion of our trade seaport and investments are now already being there.
00:59Regional connectivity projects, not only railroad but also fiber optic.
01:05We are now working closely with our Central Asian partners of building the fiber optic cable under the Caspian Sea
01:13which should be ready this year.
01:17And also thinking about new opportunities after peace with Armenia has been achieved.
01:25Corridor which goes through Azerbaijan to Armenia and further to European destination has also great potential with respect to the
01:34volume of cargos.
01:35Azerbaijan on its territory now is investing in the railroad construction.
01:43Total length of the railroad to be constructed and renovated is 600 kilometers.
01:50on Azerbaijani territory in both parts of Azerbaijan in mainland and Nakhchivan exclave.
01:59The length in Armenia is something more than 40.
02:03So as soon as it is done we will have two extensions of the middle corridor going through Azerbaijan.
02:10And this will be to the benefit of the west, the east and of course the country which are situated
02:18in the southern Caucasus.
02:22I hope we will sign peace agreement this year.
02:25I already spoke about that on numerous occasions saying that the very fact that peace agreement was initialed in the
02:35White House in the presence of President of United States.
02:39Plus a joint declaration which was signed by Prime Minister of Armenia and myself was also signed by President Trump
02:48as a witness.
02:49All that is enough to say that peace already is achieved.
02:53And since August up to now we not only enjoy absolutely new situation on our border when there are no
03:02shootings, no victims, no wounded, no problems,
03:07but also we started physical cooperation with Armenia.
03:11We lifted all the restrictions on the transportation of cargo through Azerbaijan
03:18and we are grateful to our Georgian friends that they provide very important transit after the goods reach Azerbaijan to
03:28Armenia through Georgia.
03:30We also started supply of oil products for Armenia which is a critical product for them and thus actually started
03:40the mutual trade.
03:41So from point of view of formal peace deal to be signed, everything depends on when Armenia's constitution is amended
03:51in order to deduct the territorial claim to Azerbaijan which is existing there for three decades.
04:01And the next day after it is done, the peace agreement formally will be signed.
04:06But in the meantime, Trump route for international peace and prosperity also will play instrumental role in creating the new
04:17connectivity links.
04:18As I already said, transportation route from China, Central Asia, Trans Caspian, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
04:28and Turkey and further down to Europe will create absolutely new situation.
04:35It will be beneficial to all the countries.
04:38All the countries on route will be more politically and economically integrated.
04:44And this will be another contribution to long lasting and eternal peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
04:53Because peace can be achieved when you really have a peaceful process.
05:00Signing the document is important.
05:03It's a foundation, but no less important than what you do after.
05:09The time from the last bloody clash between Azerbaijan and Armenia to Washington summit was less than two years.
05:17I think this is a record number in all the conflicts, especially the conflicts which lasted for three decades.
05:26So both sides demonstrated strong political will to put an end to this confrontation and to open the chapter of
05:36peace.
05:36And we live in peace only for six months.
05:39And believe me, it's a very special feeling.
05:42It's a very good feeling, which is shared by all the population of Azerbaijan, and I'm sure of Armenia.
05:49And the connectivity projects and corridors, they will unite us even more, make us interdependent,
05:58and create absolutely new situation in the southern Caucasus, where Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia will at last start interaction on
06:08trilateral grounds.
06:10Signing of the peace agreement this year would definitely be very good news, something we need in these turbulent times.
06:16But Commissioner, I wanted to ask you...
06:19The very fact that TRIP bears the name of President Trump means that this corridor will be important for this
06:28administration,
06:30and maybe beyond the term of this administration.
06:33Otherwise, the President would not have given his name.
06:37Giving the name means that it will be done, and after the name was approved,
06:41We are absolutely confident that the United States will be part of that.
06:47And according to information we have, now the United States and Armenia are discussing the parameters of the functioning of
06:56the company,
06:56which will be entitled to physical construction and investments.
07:03It's already from open sources we know that 76% of the company will belong to the United States,
07:1024% to Armenia, for the first 49 years.
07:17And then there will be another 49 years.
07:20In other words, this format will be functional for one century.
07:28Second, as you correctly mentioned, there have been different approaches from American administration
07:35to connectivity projects in our region, and only when President Trump came to power we started to see big interest.
07:44In other words, all what has been done by countries of the region, Azerbaijan, Georgia, by our neighbors across the
07:55Caspian in Central Asia,
07:56was done without any practical American involvement.
08:01So we did it, together with Turkey, ourselves.
08:04We can name the oil pipeline through Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, gas pipeline, which stretches down to Europe,
08:14Bakud-Bilisi cars, railroad, all was done without any American practical involvement.
08:21So we did it ourselves.
08:23Today, when we have such a big asset as President Trump's administration concentrated on that,
08:29of course, the potential of implementation of these large-scale projects is much more large-scale.
08:38One thing I also want to underline, we talked about the countries of the region.
08:44We should not forget our neighbors across the Caspian in Central Asia,
08:50because without them it will not be possible to ship any cargo from China to Europe.
08:57So it's China, Central Asia, Caspian, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Europe.
09:04This is the geography.
09:06And Azerbaijan now already is very active in interaction with Central Asian countries.
09:13Last November, Azerbaijan was officially incorporated into C5.
09:19Central Asian 5 became C6.
09:22This is unprecedented development because we are a country of the Southern Caucasus,
09:29but we are the members of Central Asian Consultative Council.
09:34And a lot we do on connectivity.
09:37And a lot is being done between Central Asian countries and China on connectivity.
09:43Along with the existing roads, which Madame Helga underlined, there is also the road which is being built and financed
09:54by China,
09:55another road to the Caspian.
09:57Apart from the existing from China, Kazakhstan Caspian, China is financing now China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan Caspian.
10:07And again it comes to the Caspian.
10:09That means it will come to Azerbaijan and further down through the Southern Caucasus to Europe.
10:14So a lot of geopolitics, a lot of international relations, a lot of diplomacy.
10:20And Azerbaijan is a country which managed to initiate and lead these transnational projects,
10:27like oil pipeline from Baku to Mediterranean, gas pipeline from Baku to Italy,
10:34going along the route of many countries with all of them having good relations.
10:40So it will be another very strong political guarantee for cooperation on the very large geography of Eurasia.
10:50Commissioner, you want...
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