ArmInfo."The Republic of Armenia did not make any promises to anyone within the framework of the terminology used by Turkey and Azerbaijan. it is important how that terminology is perceived. The Armenian public perceives it as a territorial claim to Armenia and a claim for an extra-territorial corridor. We have not made any promises to anyone with such terminology and terminology," he said.
Pashinyan said that when there is a conversation between the representatives of Armenia and Turkey at various levels, it is said that this corridor terminology is not acceptable for us, they say that you accepted it with a tripartite statement.
"We say that such a thing is not written, it is a public document, please look at it. There is an important subtlety here. The word "corridor" is generally used in the global world as a common term for communication channels; The official name of our North-South project is "North-South Road Corridor", in the tripartite statement, with a slightly different logic, there is the Lachin Corridor, which contains some content of extraterritoriality or control by a third power, besides, the Lachin Corridor is not simply a road. It's a 5km wide swath of territory under third-party control, the crux of this thread is also related to this. We say that RA is ready and interested in opening regional communications. We are ready to open the roads for Azerbaijan and Turkey - yes, we are ready, as it was recorded, it should happen on the basis of the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the Republic of Armenia, on the principle of equality and reciprocity. This means that no third power should have control over any territory of Armenia. When crossing the borders of the Republic of Armenia, the border guard and customs services of the Republic of Armenia should act," he said.
Regarding the opinion that it can be called the Meghri road, talking about the railway passing through Meghri, Pashinyan mentioned:
"In the case of the railway, the issue of its passing through Meghri is unobjectionable, because we have not had a railway anywhere else. This means lifting the blockade of Armenia. We have another railway, Ijevan- Hrazdan-Kazakh, but there is a big problem there. There has been a very large landslide in the area of Haghartsin village for more than 20 years, which according to the most preliminary estimates, 500 million dollars or more is needed to eliminate it. It is also a question whether it will be active in the future or not, but on the other hand, we do not have any problem restoring the Meghri railway. On the contrary, it means lifting the blockade of Armenia, and that means peace."