Armenia excludes the presence of any third force and any third-party control over infrastructure in its territory, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said at a joint press conference with Xavier Bettel, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
“Anything that implies the creation of a corridor and the transfer of its control to any other party is not being discussed, and we have said that the presence of third powers and control by third powers is excluded for Armenia, for us it is unacceptable. Nothing has changed in our position,” Mirzoyan said
The Foreign Minister made the announcement in response to a question about the possibility of transferring the control over the future infrastructure linking Azerbaijan to Nakhijevan.
He said it is actually about something else. “In order to increase people’s sense of security, we could involve a private security company to accompany cargo or passengers in the train. This is what we are talking about, and it is only one of the options to be discussed,” explained the Minister.
He emphasized that any third party presence – be it state or private – along the railway is unacceptable.
