Crossroads of Peace concept proposed by Armenia is aimed, first of  all, at establishment of climate of peace in region

ArmInfo. The Crossroads of the Peace concept proposed by Armenia is aimed, first of all,  establishment of a climate of peace in the region. Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan told reporters on October 27, answering the question of whether this  initiative is fraught with the loss of Meghri.

According to Simonyan, the project of the Armenian authorities  promises peace and stable development, and most importantly, the  preservation of the territorial integrity of Armenia. The Speaker  emphasized that the idea of a "corridor" through Armenian territory  is losing its relevance, and there is more and more talk about  peaceful prospects.

Earlier in Tbilisi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol  Pashinyan presented the concept of "Crossroads of Peace" in the South  Caucasus. "Yerevan intends to publish a brochure in English entitled  "Crossroads of the Peace", which reflects Armenia's approaches to  opening regional communications. As the Prime Minister explained, the  previously proposed "Armenian Crossroads" project was slightly  reformatted. Yerevan will wait for the reaction of international  partners to the new option for opening regional communications.  According to him, the material will soon become available to the  general public.

On October 17, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, at a plenary meeting  of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, announced his readiness to  restore the Meghri railway, which will connect not only Armenia with  Azerbaijan, but also the southern regions of Armenia  with the  northwestern, southwestern regions of Azerbaijan with Nakhijevan,  then Armenia with Turkey, Azerbaijan with Turkey,  Georgia,  Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran, East with West, from the Caspian  Sea to  the Mediterranean Sea. In Armenia, this project is called the  "Armenian Crossroads", but I think that the time has come to rebrand   this project, calling it "Peace Crossroads". By the same logic, we   are ready to open road routes," said the head of the Armenian Cabinet   of Ministers.

Early last year, at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, Pashinyan  said that as a result of discussing the topic of opening regional  communications, the North-South project was reorganized into the  North-South, East-West project.  The Armenian Prime Minister  expressed hope that this project will be implemented quickly. "This  means that one of the branches of this road, I mean "North-South,  East-West", or, in short, one of the branches of the "Armenian  Crossroads" will run from the Republic of Armenia to the Islamic  Republic of Iran, the other branch will be Azerbaijan-Armenia, and  later the Nakhijevan-Turkey branch will follow. We consider this  project in this general context. We hope that by the end of the year  we will have a construction company that will carry out these works.  The project part of the "East-West" has not been implemented, but in  process, in the context of reaching political agreements, we will  very quickly implement this part," said the Prime Minister of  Armenia.