Ganja Pass also known as the Ganja Gap or the Ganja Corridor, is a narrow border area that connects Azerbaijan and Georgia, enabling transportation between Europe and Asia without passing through Iran or Russia. The name of the pass is derived from Ganja, the second-largest city in Azerbaijan, located nearby. This transport corridor extends westward to Turkiye, the Black Sea region, and Europe, and eastward to Central Asia and eventually China. The Ganja Pass includes automobile and railway routes, as well as a fiber-optic cable linking Western Europe and the Caspian region. In addition to other transport communications, the Ganja Pass also provides access to vital oil and gas connections, facilitating landlocked, hydrocarbon-rich Azerbaijan's access to global markets. Major oil and gas pipelines passing through this region include the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, Baku-Supsa, and the Southern Gas Corridor. According to the American publication The Diplomat, since the start of the war in Ukraine, the Ganja Pass has been proposed by Western countries as an alternative route for transporting Kazakh oil that bypasses Russia. The United States also used this route during the war in Afghanistan to transport goods from the Caspian Sea to Central Asia.