Mirzoyan: By signing Washington documents, Armenia and Azerbaijan  confirm peace between their countries

ArmInfo.  By signing the Washington documents on August 8, Armenia and Azerbaijan confirmed that peace has become  a reality between the two countries, as stated by RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in an interview with Public TV of Armenia.

According to him, essentially, the parties declared their intention  to follow the path of peace with the declaration. "Of course, there  will be other processes and actions follow the signing of a peace  treaty and its ratification, but it is clear that all these actions  will no longer hold the same significance and weight as the documents  signed on August 8," the RA Foreign Minister said. He noted that in  addition to the declaration itself, the parties agreed to build a  corridor that will connect Azerbaijan with Nakhichevan, which will  also be used by the Republic of Armenia. The road through Armenia's  territory  will be controlled by the Armenian side. The Americans  will not control the section of the route through the territory of  Armenia within  the TRIPP project ("Trump Route"). "A third party  will not have control over this section, these are the functions of  the Republic of Armenia. This issue is not disputed, and there were  no other agreements regarding this," Mirzoyan said, adding that talks  about transferring a section of the territory through which the route  will run for 99 years "have no relation to reality yet."

 "I would like to emphasize once again: there are agreements on what  has been written and published. The deadlines, any technical details  must still be discussed," the Minister said. He also emphasized that,  in addition to the economic benefits, the construction of  infrastructure through the territory of Armenia within the framework  of the project is an additional guarantee for the country in terms of  security. "In the modern world, this is the number one security  guarantee," he said, expressing the opinion that these guarantees  will be more significant than military guarantees. The Foreign  Minister also noted that a road, a railway, an oil pipeline and a gas  pipeline could be built along the route through Armenia. The terms of  their construction will be discussed further. Regarding whether the  unblocking will take place simultaneously on the territory of the two  countries, the Minister stated that the infrastructure on the  territory of Azerbaijan is basically ready for this. In the case of  Armenia, the railway in the south of the country must be built from  scratch. 

In response to the question of whether Armenian customs officers will  check Azerbaijani citizens traveling through Armenia, Mirzoyan stated  that both parties will mutually gain access to each other's  infrastructure.  This means that the Azerbaijani side will have  unimpeded communication with Nakhichevan through the territory of  Armenia providing mutual benefits for both sides in international and  domestic transport movement. He also noted that before the unblocking  can occur, the border must be delimited and customs checkpoints need  to be constructed. Mirzoyan emphasized that the agreements on mutual  unblocking of communications are comprehensive, and failure to  implement any one component can jeopardize the entire agreement.