France, Oct. 22 -- Azerbaijan has lifted restrictions on cargo transit to Armenia, marking a significant step forward in the fragile peace between the two countries after decades of conflict, but the territorial dispute overNagorno-Karabakh remains a barrier.
President Ilham Aliyev announced the change during a visit to Kazakhstan, pointing to a shipment of Kazakh grain travelling through Azerbaijan to Armenia - the first such transit since cargo limits were imposed in the late Soviet era.
"It's not a huge game changer in terms of Armenia's ability to import and export," said Joshua Kucera, a Caucasus analyst with the International Crisis Group (ICG).
But he added that the move was symbolically important, showing Azerbaijan was "willing ...