The first train in more than 30 years arrived from Russia via Azerbaijan and Georgia to Armenia, there are 1,050 tons of wheat in it.
"The Great Gates Company has carried out the first export shipment of Russian wheat to the Republic of Armenia via a new railway route through the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan. As part of the first shipment, 1,050 tons of 3rd class wheat were exported, transported by 15 grain wagons of the railway operator Rusagrotrans," the company said.
The train of 15 grain carriers proceeded through the territory of Azerbaijan and Georgia and crossed the border with Armenia for subsequent delivery to the destination station Dalarik of the South Caucasus Railway. Wheat was shipped from Ulyanovsk region.
"Thus, Grain Gates became the first Russian company to resume the rail export of agro-industrial products to Armenia in transit through the territory of Azerbaijan. Transportation in this direction has not been carried out for more than 30 years," the company noted.
Prior to the resumption of railway communication, deliveries were carried out mainly by road through the land border crossing, as well as by sea through the ports of Georgia.
Now the volume of grain imports (wheat, barley and corn) on the part of Armenia, it is about 450-500 thousand tons per year, almost the entire volume comes from Russia. The development of this direction opens up additional opportunities to increase exports to the countries of the South Caucasus, according to "Great Gates".
Earlier, during his visit to Kazakhstan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that Baku was ready to allow Kazakh cargo, in particular grain, to enter Armenia.
Then, at the end of October, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk said that Azerbaijan had declared its readiness to allow Russian products to enter Armenia.