Tuesday, November 23 2021 23:14

ArmInfo.Azerbaijan's aggressive policy should be the subject of international discussion. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this, answering  questions from the media and public organizations on the air.

He stressed that Azerbaijan wants to use the right of a winner in a  war as such and start dictating conditions, but this is unacceptable,  since there is no such concept even in international practice.  Touching upon the expressions voiced by the Azerbaijani president  about the corridor, Pashinyan once again described this as an  encroachment on the sovereign territory of Armenia. "What does the  Zangezur corridor, eastern Zangezur mean? Who comes up with these  expressions? We have not discussed and are not discussing the  corridor issue. But this does not mean that we refuse to unblock  transport and economic communications," he stressed. In this regard,  the Prime Minister emphasized that this is exactly what is said in  the signed trilateral statements of November 9, 2020 and January 11,  2021.  "If in the trilateral statement of November 9, under any item,  we meant a  "sovereign corridor", then we would write it down as a  "sovereign corridor". Moreover, in this document, the term "corridor"  is used in the expression "Lachin corridor", which is under the  control of the Russian Federation," Pashinyan noted.  At the same  time, he noted that within the framework of the trilateral working  group there have never been any demands from Azerbaijan on the  corridor. The January 11 statement spoke of the use of roads on a  parity basis and stipulates that the roads will operate within the  framework of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country  along which the latter pass. However, now, as the Prime Minister  noted, the Azerbaijani authorities declare that if Armenia does not  provide the corridor, it will take it through an annexation war.  Pashinyan stressed once again that such behavior should receive an  international reaction. , According to the Prime Minister, Armenia  stating that it is ready to provide through its territory a railway  and automobile connection between Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan, will  decide for itself through which territories this road will pass. "If  Azerbaijan thinks that it can decide for Armenia how to build roads,  then this will not happen," the head of government stressed.

"The authorities in Azerbaijan are trying to develop the logic of the  corridor, which does not exist. And if someone in Armenia shouts that  the government is surrendering territories, then they should  understand that if the Armenian government really had such an  intention, then there would be no shots in Syunik, "he concluded.