If Baku’s concern is to ensure reliable cargo transportation with Nakhchivan and back, that issue is resolved. All that remains is for Azerbaijan to say yes. The construction of the Nrnadzor-Karchevan railway in the territory of Armenia will take some time. Another short piece of the railway should also be built in the Yeraskh-Nakhchivan border section, but this is necessary for the Armenia-Armenia and Azerbaijan-Turkiye railway connection, and this work can be performed quickly, too.

Axar.az reports that this was stated by the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, in a detailed statement published in Armenpress, dedicated to the possible opening of communications in the region.

With the same principle, we are ready to provide transit of pipelines, electricity lines, and cables from Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan. It is unclear why these proposals are being rejected by Azerbaijan. I hope it is not for creating a false pretext for escalation.

Azerbaijan also declares that if Armenia does not provide a road to Nakhchivan, they will secure the western Azerbaijan-Nakhchivan connection through the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This is fine, we are not against it, and it is a matter of the relationship between Iran and Azerbaijan, and for them to decide.

But also to be clear, we affirm that the Republic of Armenia is ready to provide passage from western Azerbaijan to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic under the same legal conditions as those offered by Iran.

In response to this, Azerbaijan says that the passage should be unhindered. In other words, is passage through Iran hindered? After all, we are saying that we are ready to provide the same passage under the same legal conditions.

On the principle of reciprocity, we are ready to implement some simplifications of transit procedures and to introduce automated mechanisms. So why is Azerbaijan rejecting these constructive proposals of ours?

My conviction is clear: the opening of all regional economic and transport communications, including from western Azerbaijan through the territory of the Republic of Armenia to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and back, from Republic of Armenia's Meghri to Yeraskh through the territory of Azerbaijan (Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic) and back, is fully prepared for, and only Azerbaijan’s agreement is needed for its implementation.