During a question and answer session in the National Assembly, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan referred to the restoration of railway communication between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the process of unblocking roads.

He reminded that an agreement had been reached at the level of the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the construction and restoration of the Yeraskh-Julfa-Ordubad-Meghri-Horadiz railway, and a working group had been formed to organize the construction of the railway.

Recently, RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan had a meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleskey Overchuk and the head of “Russian Railways” Oleg Belazyorov. They are currently discussing the formulation, design and construction of the technical task.

“We have agreed that the railway should operate in accordance with international rules, within the framework of the legislation and sovereignty of the two countries, which means that border, customs and other controls should be carried out at border checkpoints, because they must touch each other. In fact, it will become a route for international cargo transportation and it is very possible that we will register all this as soon as possible, it will be signed, if there is a need for ratification, it will be ratified in the National Assembly,” Pashinyan said.

As for the roads, the Prime Minister said that the proposals were formulated and passed to the Azerbaijani side, the Russian side and international partners. “As soon as we receive a positive response from Azerbaijan, we are ready to carry out the process of restoration and construction of road routes.”

According to Nikol Pashinyan, this project is called “Armenian Crossroads” because it deals with the crossroads North, South, East, West and its launch can be a turning point for the development of Armenia’s economy.