Azerbaijan's Aliyev: South Caucasus becoming 'zone of peace', trade with Armenia to grow

President Aliyev frames the South Caucasus as a 'zone of peace' and notes Baku and Yerevan are working to increase mutual trade and establish new land transport links. This continues the post-conflict normalization trend, but the claim of peace is aspirational and unverified; the actual pace of trade and transport projects remains uncertain.