Caucasus developments Armenia rejected Russia’s control over the crossing and Baku moved closer to Tehran

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Ani Badalian, spokesperson of the Ministry of Affairs Armenia’s foreign ministry said yesterday: Yerevan does not agree with Russia’s idea to control the transport lines of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan and pass through southern Armenia.

This Armenian official expressed this opinion in response to the statements of Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday.

Zakharova during her speech on the agreement signed 2020 between Armenia and Azerbaijan with the participation of Russia and said: Russian border forces will control the communication lines of Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan that pass through Armenia.

Article 9 of the ceasefire statement states that Russian border guards stationed in Armenia will control the movement of people, vehicles and goods to and from Nakhchivan.

Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan said earlier this year that this would give the Russians an opportunity to monitor, not protect, commercial shipping.

Reports It indicates that the Azerbaijani government has demanded that Armenia not control the special transport line to Nakhchivan, but Yerevan has repeatedly rejected this issue. It began between these two allies who are increasingly estranged from each other. She apparently blamed Yerevan for the failure of Russian-brokered agreements to open the Armenian-Azerbaijani border to travel and trade. The meeting held in Moscow was close to preparing all the practical aspects of transport relations. However, this process has not been completed because Armenia does not have the political will to do it.

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, referring to the “Crossroads of Peace” project in Yerevan, said: “The important principle here is The control at the customs and border points by the Armenian government institutions is in case of the opening of the regional transport lines. , Russia, ” src=”https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/08/20/1402082010500430287481210.jpg”/>

Badalian noted Kurd: Armenia has never agreed to any idea that limits its sovereignty in a document, and no control by a third country can be established over any part of the independent territory of Armenia.

He added: A special service was created in the National Security Service of Armenia to ensure the safe transportation of people and goods in Armenia.

Alif: Armenia made a big mistake

At the same time, Baku discussed efforts to restore relations between the main part of Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan region with Tehran.

In this way, the presidents of Azerbaijan and Iran, who met on Thursday within the framework of the summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization in Uzbekistan, presented positive messages about the transport relations of the two countries.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev described the recent agreement on the transport line between Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan through Iran as a project with great prospects.

However, he said that the Armenian side made a “big mistake” by not allowing the same route to pass through its territory.

Aliyev noted that the two new transport roads under construction between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Iran will be part of the North-South transport corridor and will help strengthen the fraternal relations between Iran and Azerbaijan.

He emphasized: I am sure that even now our enemies will not reach their goals. Iran and Azerbaijan will continue to successfully cooperate and strengthen relations.

In the information published by the website of the Azerbaijan presidency, there is no discussion about the continuation of the war between Israel and Hamas in the framework of the meeting of the heads of state. The presidents of the two countries are not mentioned.

It should be said that in the early 1990s, the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh caused a conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Azerbaijan’s Karabagh region and 7 surrounding regions were occupied. As a result of the 44-day war in 2020, Baku took control of those 7 districts and part of Nagorno-Karabakh. A Russian peacekeeping force has been deployed in the region. declared “local” in Karabagh. Yerevan evaluated this action as “ethnic cleansing” and “aggression”. On September 20, Karabakh separatists said they had agreed to Baku’s terms. Later, the migration of the Armenian population from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia began. stops Many leaders of this separatist republic were arrested and brought to Baku.

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