On June 22, 2026 (Monday), a shipment of 408 tons of fertilizers, transported in six railway cars, was sent from Biladzhari station to Boyuk Kesik (Böyük Kəsik). For illustration, we use an old but very detailed Soviet railway map from 1943. It is easy to find Biladzhari station on it, but the issue with Boyuk Kesik (Böyük Kəsik) is much more complicated. When the Transcaucasian Railway was opened in 1883, the station was called Boyuk Kesik (Böyük Kəsik). In the pre-war Soviet period and around 1943, the station was called Dzmoba (დმობა), which means „Brotherhood“ in Georgian.
This is no coincidence, because Boyuk Kesik is the last station on Azerbaijani territory, before the Georgian border. On the other side of the border is the Georgian station Karaya (as marked on the map), which is today called Gardabani.
During the late Soviet period, Dzmoba station was renamed „V.I. Lenin Station“. After 1991, its old historical name Boyuk Kesik (Böyük Kəsik) was returned. Currently, there is no direct railway connection between Azerbaijan and Armenia, but the passage of transit trains to Armenia through Azerbaijan greatly facilitates the logistics of supplies to Yerevan. Together with fuel supplies, this is the first fruit of the improvement of relations between the two countries.
Another shipment of fertilizers from Russia to Armenia has been transported in transit through the territory of Azerbaijan.
On Monday, a consignment of 408 tons of fertilizer carried in six rail wagons was dispatched from Bilajari station toward Boyuk Kesik (Böyük Kəsik).
To date, more than 33,000 tons of grain, over 7,000 tons of fertilizer, 133 tons of aluminum, 68 tons of buckwheat, and 414 tons of anthracite have been transported from Russia to Armenia through Azerbaijan in transit.
In addition to transit operations, petroleum products are also exported from Azerbaijan to Armenia. To date, more than 14,000 tons of diesel fuel and over 4,000 tons of AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline have been exported from Azerbaijan to Armenia.