evidence: Following this development, attention will now shift to the fate of the four Azerbaijani exclave villages—Karki, Sofulu, Barkhudarli, and Yukhari Askipara—that remain under Armenian control, as well as the Armenian exclave village of Artsvashen (also known as Bashkend) inside Azerbaijan. In this context, the question of a possible land swap is likely to be raised, both in negotiations and in the public domain. [...] And yet, a land swap involving only the exclaves is practically impossible, given that the economic and strategic importance of Azerbaijani exclaves within Armenia is far greater than that of the Armenian exclave within Azerbaijan. Most of Armenia’s domestic and international passenger and freight transport is conducted through motorways that pass through or near these exclaves, including M2/E117, the country’s strategic north-south highway and principal trade route with Iran. The M16/H26 highway, a major route between Yerevan and Tbilisi, crisscrosses territories of the partly delineated Azerbaijani border villages of Kheyrimli and Ashagi Askipara and passes close to the exclave of Yukhari Askipara. Even the heavy floods in northeastern Armenia that took place on 26 May 2024, as this brief was being drafted, exposed Armenia’s dependence on motorways passing through or near the Azerbaijani exclaves. To wit: the alternative route between Yerevan and the town of Noyemberyan that was announced by the Armenian authorities to circumvent flood-affected areas passed through the territory of the occupied Sofulu-Barkhudarli exclave, as well as segments of the M16/H26 highway crisscrossing the de jure Azerbaijani territories.