Lawmaker rules out extraterritorial corridor through Armenia

YEREVAN, JUNE 14, ARMENPRESS. Armenia will never negotiate around providing a corridor to Azerbaijan through its territory, a lawmaker said Wednesday.

Sargis Khandanyan, the Chair of the Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters that the topic on the “Zangezur corridor” wording is closed for Armenia.

“The topic of the made up “Zangezur corridor” wording is closed for the Republic of Armenia. This is obvious, as well as acceptable and understandable also for the parties who are mediating in the negotiations,” he said, ruling out a corridor through Armenia’s territory. He said Armenia will never negotiate around such issue.

Khandanyan added that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s statements cause concern because they aren’t conducive to the negotiations process.