On October 25, Hikmet Hajiyev, the Assistant of the President of Azerbaijan and the head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, told POLITICO that Azerbaijan has no plans to seize Zangezur.

According to him, after the two sides disagreed on its opening, the project has lost its attractiveness for Azerbaijan, and it can do this with Iran instead. "Our agenda was only about building transport linkages and connectivity through the bilateral engagement framework," Hajiyev added. "If this is the case, yes, but if not, then OK. It's still on the table, but it will require the Armenian side to show they're really interested in that," the official noted.

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