ArmInfo.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey again preconditioned the normalization of relations between his country and Armenia with Yerevan's acceptance of a land corridor connecting Azerbaijan with Nakhichevan. Meanwhile, a top Armenian diplomat warned on an imminent invasion by Azerbaijan to fulfill its goal of establishing the so-called "Zangezur Corridor."
"If Armenia honors it commitments, specifically the opening of the 'Zangezur' corridor then Turkey will step-by-step normalize relations," Erdogan reportedly told his cabinet on Monday, demanding that Armenia adopt a policy of peace and development, the Turan news agency reported.
The Meghri route is a project of a transport route about 40 km long through the territory of the Syunik region of Armenia, which would provide transport links between the western regions of Azerbaijan and its exclave Nakhijevan Autonomous Republic. The opening of transport routes in the region was provided for by the agreements that ended the second Karabakh war in November 2020.
It is noteworthy that Turkey and Azerbaijan are trying to impose their vision of this project and achieve an extraterritorial corridor through the Syunik region