Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on a landmark internet deal that will allow traffic to pass through Azerbaijani networks.It's the latest deal to highlight the ongoing peace process between the two countries.
AzerTelecom, an Azerbaijani internet operator, and Telecom Armenia signed bilateral agreements allowing international internet traffic to reach Armenia via Azerbaijani territory.
Under the deal, AzerTelecom says it will widen its geographical reach and the number of countries it serves, while also acting as a transit provider for traffic heading into Armenia using its own network infrastructure.
The companies say the arrangement is intended to diversify connectivity routes in the South Caucasus, improve the resilience of regional telecommunications networks, and deepen co-operation in the sector.
Armenia's main fibre-optic link to the wider internet currently runs north through Georgia, with secondary capacity via Iran. Observers say both routes have long been viewed as vulnerable to disruption.
AzerTelecom and Telecom Armenia did not disclose further commercial or technical details of the agreement.
AzerTelecom, founded in 2008, describes itself as the region's leading wholesale internet operator, offering high-speed connectivity, data transmission and security services such as DDoS protection.
It operates within Azerconnect Group, an Azerbaijani technology business founded in Baku in 2013, which sits under NEQSOL Holding, a conglomerate with interests in energy, telecoms, technology and construction.
AzerTelecom is also behind the Digital Silk Way project, which the company says will create a new digital corridor between Europe and Asia, including a planned fibre-optic cable beneath the Caspian Sea.
Telecom Armenia, marketed as "Team", traces its history back to Armenia's first telecommunications network. It later operated under the names Armentel and Beeline, before a company controlled by Armenian businessmen Hayk and Alexander Yesayan acquired it in 2020.
It became the first Armenian telecoms firm to list shares on the Yerevan stock exchange, and has secured financing from the International Finance Corporation and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to expand its network.
The telecoms agreement comes as physical trade between the two countries continues to grow. According to Report.az, 17 rail cars carrying 1,000 tonnes of diesel fuel were sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia, alongside a separate shipment of 1,260 tonnes of wheat moved in transit from Russia through Azerbaijan to Armenia.
Report.az says that, in total, more than 13,000 tonnes of diesel and over 4,000 tonnes of petrol have been exported from Azerbaijan to Armenia, while over 32,000 tonnes of grain, more than 7,000 tonnes of fertiliser, and smaller quantities of aluminium, buckwheat and anthracite have passed from Russia to Armenia via Azerbaijani territory.
Earlier shipments this year, the agency reported, included nearly 2,000 tonnes of diesel and 135 tonnes of fertiliser in March, and a further 887 tonnes of diesel in April.
These developments follow a peace agreement initialled by Armenia and Azerbaijan in Washington in August 2025. The deal was brokered by the United States and is aimed at ending roughly three decades of conflict centred on the Garabagh region of Azerbaijan.
The accord also outlined a transport corridor through southern Armenia, referred to by Baku as the Zangezur corridor and by Washington as the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP), linking mainland Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave.
Analysts say such infrastructure projects reflect a broader pattern in which Yerevan and Baku are using connectivity to underpin a fragile political normalisation.
Some specialists argue that the development ties Armenia into a wider re-routing of Eurasian trade away from Russia, with EU funding and policy support, including the North-South road and the Global Gateway initiative, already flowing into Armenian connectivity projects.
Visitors to Armenia could face temperature screening after a lab worker died from suspected Pneumonic plague in Russia, Yerevan’s Health Mini...
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has called for further integration of infrastructure between regional countries to bolster the ...
The Saudi-led coalition says it has carried out a series of military operations against Houthi targets in Yemen...
Russia's health watchdog said on Tuesday that no cases of plague had been detected among anyone who had come into contact with a Siberian plague institute laboratory worker who died last week, and locals said their lives had barely been disrupted.
Russia struck Ukraine overnight in one of the biggest attacks of the conflict, killing at least 19 people, Kyiv's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Around 70 missiles were fired at Ukraine during the attack, as well as drones, the Ministry said.
An Azerbaijani citizen died and another is missing after a cargo ship was attacked by a drone in the Black Sea, near the coast of Romania on Monday, 5 October, Baku's Foreign Ministry has said.
A large Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow and the surrounding region has killed two people, damaged homes and sparked a major fire at a key fuel facility, according to Russian officials and military bloggers.
The German-Azerbaijani Connectivity Conference 2026 commenced on 6 October in Baku under the title “Mobilising Finance for Infrastructure, Transport, Logistics, Green Energy, and Digitalisation along the Middle Corridor.”
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has called for further integration of infrastructure between regional countries to bolster the Middle Corridor trade and logistics network.
The Saudi-led coalition says it has carried out a series of military operations against Houthi targets in Yemen after attacks on two Saudi airports left three people dead and dozens injured.
Russian oil company Lukoil plans to expand its activities in Uzbekistan, with potential areas including geological exploration, hydrocarbon development and retail fuel sales. The plans were discussed during a meeting between President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Lukoil founder Vagit Alekperov.
European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos has said Georgia is a candidate country “only on paper,” prompting a rapid response from senior Georgian officials who rejected the characterisation and criticised Brussels.
United Nations Development Programme Administrator Alexander De Croo has warned the international community against turning its back on Afghanistan, pointing to a sharp fall in opium production while raising serious concerns about restrictions on women and girls.
You can download the AnewZ application from Play Store and the App Store.
What is your opinion on this topic?
Leave the first comment