The TRIPP project opens new opportunities for increasing the transit potential of the Persian Gulf–Black Sea and Oman Gulf–Black Sea routes. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this during a conference on regional cooperation.
“It is clear that the project is equally beneficial for Georgia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The project is obviously beneficial for Armenia and Azerbaijan. The project is obviously beneficial for Turkey. The project is obviously beneficial for the United States. The project is obviously beneficial for the countries of Central Asia. The project is obviously beneficial for China.
I understand that this sounds unusual, but this is how it has turned out, because when viewed from the perspective of political discourse, such emphases—on how beneficial it might be for others—are voiced. But when we look on the ground, practically, we see that we are dealing with a consensus-based project, or a project that will inevitably become consensus-based, and even today it is consensus-based, because contrary to the first period following August 8, I now do not hear (if I am properly informed) any critical messages from any side. Of course, if we do not take into account certain criticisms inside Armenia, which have exclusively domestic political meaning and context. In the international dimension, such a problem does not exist,” he said.
Pashinyan also recalled his earlier view that Russia is one of the most interested parties in the implementation of this project.
“My assessment was met with pessimism, but we saw that as a result of the Washington agreements, the first beneficiary of the Azerbaijani railway unblocked for Armenia was the Russian Federation,” he said.
