Armenian authorities themselves recognize route via country not yet  definitive - opposition MP

ArmInfo.The Armenian authorities themselves admit that the corridor's route through the country has not yet been determined. Artur Khachatryan, a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the opposition  "Armenia" faction, told journalists this on October 13.

According to him, if the route is finally finalized, they should  announce it, along with who has been awarded the right to construct  it. In any case, as Khachatryan noted, the Armenian side must be  prepared for such concepts as "big market" and "small market."  Currently, the Armenian government is doing nothing to protect the  Armenian market from Turkish expansion. If the Trump International  Peace and Prosperity Project (TIRPP) is implemented, the first blow  will be dealt to the country's agriculture, followed by the textile  industry. Meanwhile, these two sectors of the Armenian economy are of  vital social importance. The MP recalled the situation in 2021, when  an embargo was imposed on goods from Turkey, and how this benefited  the country's economy and its citizens.

Overall, as the parliamentarian noted, RA Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan's policies have always led not to peace, but to war,  suffering, and increased external risks. "In his policies, he resorts  to the psychological trick of saying, 'The people elected me, and if  you're against me, you're against the people.' No, we're not against  the people, because you were elected on completely different  promises. And anyway, what kind of peace can we talk about when a  significant portion of your territory is occupied by an enemy that  brazenly interferes in your internal affairs? For example, demands  for the RA Constitution are proof of this interference," Khachatryan  said, recalling that before the agreement was initialed in  Washington, Azerbaijan consistently shelled the country's Syunik  region. Essentially, this is a peace imposed on Armenia.

The MP emphasized that in the TIRPP project, the Armenian side should  be interested not in the 42- kilometer railway section, but in the  Yereskhi-Sadarak section. "If the last section doesn't exist, what  are we even talking about? What will building just a 42-kilometer  section achieve? The authorities always talk about completely  unblocking the region's communications. Meanwhile, a complete  unblocking should also include the Ijevan-Kazakh road, which would be  much shorter both toward Georgia and toward southern Armenia. But  since this doesn't exist, we're dealing with obligations imposed by  Azerbaijan," the opposition figure said, recalling the authorities'  promises to open three checkpoints-in Sotk, Ereskhe, and  Karahunj-which have never been accomplished.