There are two products of Azerbaijani origin, in fact, that have come to Armenia: gasoline and diesel fuel. There are no products of Armenian origin that have been exported to Azerbaijan yet, but the parties have exchanged lists, including the ones they gave us a long list, and we to them, and we believe that they and the business environment will respond over time. Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan stated this at a press conference Friday—and addressing the question of whether there were any Armenian products that already had have been exported to Azerbaijan.

"The reasons are different, starting with [the fact] that the [Armenian and Azerbaijani] markets are still quite unfamiliar to each other, both our market for them and their market for us. For this, in my opinion, time is needed, and this is a process that is more in the field of the private sector. The state creates a condition through political agreements, opening roads, operating railways, etc. Now we have created a significant part of these conditions, but they are not yet fully created. For example, there is no direct railway communication [between Armenia and Azerbaijan] yet, but you know very well that work is underway in that direction and it will be in a few years. I mean the TRIPP deal. Of course, other tools may also work before that,” added the Armenian economy minister.

“There are direct communication routes. Although we [i.e. Armenia] have opened [them], they [i.e. Azerbaijan] still do not use our roads to transport the goods through Armenia, let’s say, to take to Turkey or vice versa,” said Papoyan.

“This is a process that is time-consuming, complicated. Two years ago, when everyone was talking about [the fact] that there could be a war [between Armenia and Azerbaijan] at any moment, now everyone is talking about why, for example, this or that product is not being sold or has not been sold yet; this is already very good,” said the Armenian economy minister.

“I believe [that] the talk of peace from war is already fantastic, the talk of the benefits of peace is a very good talk, which we need to increase in order to have the maximum number of benefits,” said Papoyan.

He noted that the biggest result is that today the probability of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan is close to zero, whereas two years ago it was very high.

“Today we are already talking about peace, you have seen the result of this in our various decisions, including legislative [ones]. A year ago, no one imagined that Armenia and Azerbaijan would trade. All of this takes time, because these are long, complex processes, they are not easy,” said the Armenian minister of economy.