Azerbaijan has been working on the Middle Corridor since its independence, said Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, as he addressed the annual Trans-Caspian Forum via a video link.

Axar.az reports that according to Hajiyev, the resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and de facto peace in the region, provides new dimensions and new opportunities in the foreign policy of Azerbaijan.

“Azerbaijan is a country of the South Caucasus. But in the meantime, we belong to the family of Central Asia and to the Caspian Sea region. Azerbaijan also has identities of the European dimension and the Middle East dimension. All of these values don't conflict with each other and complement one another. With the resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, Azerbaijan switched to the middle power concept. And for us, the middle power concept is not just measured by the size, economy, and population of the country. This is a network of the partnership,” the Presidential Assistant emphasized.