Question: When will the new interstate road connecting Armenia and Artsakh be launched, do you find it possible that Azerbaijan will try to set up a checkpoint there or demand the same corridor logic for the road through Syunik?
Answer: Of course, sometimes Azerbaijan does not hide its desire at the working level, but we assume from the fact that it is the responsibility of the Russian peacekeepers as well as ensuring the smooth operation of the Lachin corridor and we have received assurances at the highest level in Russia that this will be the case.
According to the logic and content of the trilateral statement, the corridor must be under the control of Russian peacekeepers and we must proceed from the document.
The Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan also mentioned:
“Nagorno-Karabakh authorities were fully involved in the choice of the route, we tried our best to be guided by their preferences”.