Thursday, November 3 2022 19:24

ArmInfo. In the context of unblocking transport communications in the region, the Azerbaijani side constantly raises the issue of opening, as they say, a  "transport corridor" through the territory of Armenia.

The position  of the Republic of Armenia on this issue has not changed.  There can  be no road or transport route on the territory of Armenia according  to the logic of the corridor.  This was stated by the Secretary of  the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan in his speech at the  10th meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Councils of the CIS  member states.

Grigoryan once again recalled that there is no mention of such  corridors in the tripartite statements of the leaders of Armenia,  Russia and Azerbaijan dated November 9, 2020, January 11 and November  26, 2021, as well as in the in Decree of the President of the Russian  Federation No. 695 of November 10, 2020 "On measures to maintain  peace in Nagorno-Karabakh". "Therefore, we consider unacceptable an  arbitrary and unrealistic interpretation of the agreements reached.  At the same time, we are interested in a real solution to the issue  of unblocking communication channels in the region and support the  activities of the tripartite Working Group, established under the  joint chairmanship of the Deputy Prime Ministers of the Republic of  Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Deputy Prime Minister of  the Russian Federation," he said.  The activity of this working  group, as noted by the Secretary of the Security Council of the  Republic of Armenia, proceeds from the fact that the transport  infrastructures being restored and under construction must function  within the framework of national legislation and under the full  sovereignty of the states through which they pass. Based on this, the  Republic of Armenia is ready to open roads as soon as possible.   Moreover, the draft decision of the Armenian government on the  opening of three checkpoints to ensure transport links between the  western regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Nakhichevan  Autonomous Republic has long been in official circulation.  "However,  as we see, the Azerbaijani side is not interested in a real solution  of the issue in such a constructive manner and continues to put  forward a "corridor" solution that is unacceptable for Armenia. In a  word, it is very difficult to conduct a dialogue and negotiate with  those who have no desire to conduct a dialogue and pursue completely  different goals.

In the context of the abovementioned, Armen Grigoryan drew the  attention of those present to the fact that it is about opening all  communications in the region, and sometimes the fact is ignored or  not mentioned that, according to the 9th paragraph of the statement  of the leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan dated November 9,  2020: " All economic and transport links in the region should be  released". In other words, communications should be open not only for  Azerbaijan, but also for Armenia. "That is, this is not a one-way  street, but an inclusive process from which all parties should  benefit. In particular, Armenia is interested in using the  communication routes passing through the territory of Azerbaijan in  order to carry out cargo transportation in both directions,"  Grigoryan concluded.