Oppositionist: Armenian authorities persistently mislead  public  claiming that Washington declaration will end Armenia`s blockade 

ArmInfo. Armenian authorities persistently mislead the public by claiming that the  bilateral joint declaration signed in Washington between Aliyev and  Pashinyan will end the blockade of Armenia. Artur Khachatryan, a   parliament member from the opposition "Armenia" faction, wrote  on  his Facebook page.

"Firstly, this document clearly states that Azerbaijan receives  unimpeded passage through Syunik, but there is no clear formulation  of what Armenia receives in return. It only mentions some kind of  vague 'mutual benefit.' Let me remind you that several years ago,  Nikol Pashinyan offered Azerbaijan and Turkey a corridor in exchange  for money, forgetting to demand the lifting of the blockade on  Armenia. I do not rule out that his memory has failed him again this  time. The authorities also claim that allowing passage through  Nakhichevan  will break the blockade of Armenia. Seriously? To truly  break the blockade of Armenia, Armenia must gain access to the  outside world through Turkey and Azerbaijan. Turkey must open all the  roads it has closed since 1993. Particularly, I am talking about the  Gyumri-Kars railway. As of now, Turkey has not announced such plans.  Turkey and Azerbaijan are building the Kars-Igdir-Aralyk-Diluju line  (Diluju is a border crossing in Nakhichevan). This will neither warm  nor cool Armenia. No sane person can imagine that someone would  deliver their goods from Yerevan to Meghri, and from there take a  train to Turkey via Nakhichevan. You might say, "Why from Meghri? Let  them enter Nakhichevan from Yeraskh; it's only 60 km from Yerevan to  Yeraskh." 

Dear friends, Azerbaijan has not declared its readiness to repair or  operate the Sadarak-Yeraskh section. He has said nothing of the sort.  Back in January, in an interview with the Armenpress news agency,  Pashinyan stated: "We have made a very specific proposal to  Azerbaijan to open the Yeraskh-Sadarak-Ordubad- Meghri-Zangelan  railway. This is more than a proposal; it's a concrete solution to  specific issues, and we are waiting a positive response from  Azerbaijan, after which the agreement will be enshrined in paper, and  we will begin construction on our sections of the railway. Oh yes,  and Azerbaijan gave a concrete response.  I'll say more. The Armenian  authorities had already  proposed  to Azerbaijan the opening of   three border crossings in 2022: Sotk-Karvachar, Karahunj-Eyvazli, and  Yeraskh-Sadarak. They even circulated a draft government resolution  on the matter. The Azerbaijanis categorically rejected this proposal  at the time, demanding a corridor through Meghri. Official Yerevan  has chosen to move past this rejection. And what were they so happy  about? They couldn't have said they voluntarily provided the  corridor, otherwise Aliyev would have been furious. They have an  unrivaled talent for deceiving the people and passing off defeat as  victory. By the way, why aren't they talking about the Ijevan-Gazakh  line? After all, our main export market is in the north. Why was the  demand to unblock all roads completely forgotten? All of them, not  just Meghri. Why? Azerbaijan doesn't... allow it, and independent  rulers, with Azerbaijan's permission, only have the right to make  omelets with New Year's firecrackers," Khachatryan noted.