evidence: BACKGROUND: Reinstating the transport link between mainland Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic is specifically mentioned in article 9 of the November 10, 2020 ceasefire agreement, which Azerbaijan and Armenia signed to end the latest war in Nagorno-Karabakh. The article contains general provisions about unblocking all economic transport routes across the region but only the Azerbaijan-Nakhichevan link is directly mentioned. This route, which is commonly called the Meghri corridor in Armenia and the Zangezur corridor in Azerbaijan, goes through Armenia’s Syunik province and the country is obliged to guarantee safe and free passage of people and goods. The transit route will be overseen by the Russian border service. Moreover, the November 10 accord envisages construction of transport infrastructure that will connect the Nakhichevan exclave with Azerbaijan. For Azerbaijan, this agreement is indeed a breakthrough as it promises to restore a direct land passage to Nakhichevan. The exclave has been largely isolated since the first Karabakh war in the early 1990s, when the old Soviet railway link between Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan through southern Armenia to was terminated. The abandoned infrastructure is now mostly in a state of disrepair. Reviving the old transportation link will also have profound geopolitical reverberations. Azerbaijan does not have a direct land connection with its largest ally, Turkey. Only Nakhichevan has a short, 11-kilometer border with Turkey. Uninhibited land passage from Nakhichevan to Azerbaijan proper will give Turkey a gateway to the Caspian Basin and Central Asia. This awards Ankara new economic opportunities in the South Caucasus and Central Asia as well as the opportunity to strengthen ties with Turkic peoples inhabiting these regions.