Armenia will never give up sovereignty over communication-PM

YEREVAN, October 1/ARKA/. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has denied claims that Armenia was giving up sovereignty over transport routes. 

"Armenia is ready to fully ensure the safety of the passage of goods, vehicles and people through its territory. By the way, all the statements that Armenia allegedly agreed in some document that third countries should ensure the safety of communications on its territory are a distortion of reality. The same applies to some comments that Armenia agreed to some limitation of its sovereignty on the issue of regional communications - this has never happened," said Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Yerevan. 

He noted that Armenia’s obligations are clear: to guarantee the safety of goods, vehicles and people on its territory, and “we guarantee this.”

In his speech, he also noted the relevance of implementing an effective transport and logistics policy for Armenia. 

"In terms of reducing cargo delivery times, finding new alternative communications between Asia and Europe, between the North and the South, I would like to once again focus on the Armenian government's "Crossroads of Peace" project. The goal of the project is to create the most favorable conditions for the development of trade and economic ties between all interested states, as well as a significant increase in the logistics potential in the region based on full respect for the sovereignty and jurisdiction of countries, the principles of equality and reciprocity," Pashinyan said. -0-