Pashinyan denies allegations of foreign powers imposing Crossroads of Peace project

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 12, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has denied allegations that the Crossroads of Peace project developed by his administration was imposed by a foreign power. 

Speaking at a conference on Crossroads of Peace project: Combining Security and Democracy, the PM said he was surprised to hear such allegations. “That’s a result of the lack of a proper assessment of the situation. This project is at the center of Armenia’s interests,” Pashinyan said.

He underscored that Armenia is more than interested in the solutions that the project offers.

“Imagine we are developing by not using the most part of our border potential, meaning the most part of the potential infrastructures for transit and imports and exports. 70 percent of the potential infrastructure opportunities of Armenia is not used because it doesn’t have a real and realistic opportunity to connect to the global railway network, and it doesn’t have a real opportunity to integrate with the global North-South, East-West road network. These opportunities are either highly limited or artificially obstructed as a result of the complete closure of the Armenia-Turkey and Armenia-Azerbaijan borders,” he said.