Under Washington Declaration Armenia is getting unblocked, says Mirzoyan
YEREVAN, August 11. /ARKA/. Under the agreements achieved with the Washington declaration, Armenia is getting unblocked, something Armenia has strived for for thirty-five years, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said in an interview with Armenpress news agency.
He said Armenia is now gaining access and ability to utilize Azerbaijan’s railway infrastructures for its international trade.
Commenting on the various interpretations by experts and politicians of the 3rd paragraph of the Washington Declaration, concerning the opening of communications between Armenia and Azerbaijan, he said that there is no space for various interpretations.
'What’s written is what has been agreed upon, one shall read what is written there, understand it the way it is written, no more, no less. And what it says is that the launch of infrastructures, including the one that is yet to be built through American partnership in Armenian territory, shall take place within the framework of the countries’ territorial integrity, sovereignty and jurisdiction, and shall ensure mutual advantages. Again, whatever the technical solutions may be, which are yet to be discussed, they can’t be beyond the framework I mentioned,'he said.
Point 3 of the Declaration signed following the trilateral meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, US President Donald Trump and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held in Washington on August 8 notes, in particular, that the parties reaffirmed the importance of opening communications between Armenia and Azerbaijan for domestic, bilateral and international transportation based on respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and jurisdiction of states. These efforts will include unimpeded communication between the main part of Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan through the territory of Armenia with reciprocal benefits of international and domestic communications for the Republic of Armenia.
Mirzoyan said:' All other interpretations are either a result of imagination or an attempt to mislead the people.'
'One can only be amazed how some so-called independent experts or dependent party members – with the famous stubbornness of an animal, are generating wordings which have neither been accepted by us in the past nor included now in the Washington declaration. I’d like to once again underscore what has been written in black and white – all infrastructures will function within the framework of the countries’ sovereignty and jurisdiction; there is no third-party supervision. I think there is no clearer way to say this.'-0-
