Lavrov: The mechanism for unblocking economic ties in the region  provides for exclusively voluntary agreements 

ArmInfo. The issue of unblocking economic ties in the region was only one of the topics of today's talks in Yerevan. On May 6, at a joint press conference in Yerevan  following talks with his Armenian counterpart Ara Aivazian, Russian  Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said this, answering a question about  the Zangezur corridor and the threats of Azerbaijani President Ilham  Aliyev to force communications along the corridor if Armenia suddenly  opposes.

"Today we have devoted our talks not exclusively to issues of  trilateral cooperation to unblock economic ties. This was just one of  the topics. We spoke today about all the problems of settlement in  the post- conflict period. Including military, military-political,  humanitarian, and many other things. ", said the minister.

As for the trilateral interaction at the level of deputy prime  ministers, Lavrov continued, this mechanism was created by the  decision of the Presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and the Prime  Minister of Armenia following their meeting in Moscow on January 11.

"And this mechanism provides for exclusively voluntary agreements, on  a mutually beneficial basis, and which in no way imply anything other  than diplomatic agreement and decisions, and which will completely  unblock economic ties. Any issues that may run counter to these  agreements of the three leaders, of course, cannot be perceived as an  alternative to what was agreed upon, "the Russian Foreign Minister  summed up.

It should be noted that the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on  April 20 in an interview with Azerbaijan TV stated that the  formationof the Zangezur corridor fully meets the Azerbaijani  national, historical and future interests. "We will fulfill the task  of implementing the Zangezur corridor, whether Armenia wants it or  not. If Armenia wants it, it can be solved simply, if it doesn't want  it, we will solve it by force. I said before the war and during the  war that they must get out of land of their own free will,  otherwise we will throw them out. And so it happened. The same will  happen with the Zangezur corridor. The Azerbaijani people will return  to the Zangezur 101 years later, "Aliyev said.