A variety of useful minerals exists, but only rock-salt is obtained, at Nakhichevan and Kulp. |
Azeri enmity against anything Armenian led to the destruction of thousands of medieval Armenian gravestones, known as khachkars, in the cemeteries of Julfa in Nakhichevan. |
Iran has power swap deals with Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan and the autonomous region of Nakhichevan. |
The country is currently exchanging electricity with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Nakhichevan, Turkey and Turkmenistan. |
The old link went through Julfa over a bridge into Nakhichevan, an enclave that is separated from the bulk of Azerbaijan by Armenia. |
This only gave the Russians to Khanates of Erevan and Nakhichevan, now parts of Armenia and Afghanistan respectively. |