Toivo Klaar: Any road, going through Armenia, should be controlled by Armenia

As EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the
Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar noted, it stands to reason that with regard to
the unblocking of transport links in the South Caucasus, any road, any railway
running through the territory of Armenia should be controlled by Armenia.

In an interview with Armenpress’s correspondent in Brussels,
Klaar referred to a number of issues, namely the ‘Crossroads of Peace’ project
brought forward by the Armenian authorities, a potential peace treaty between
Armenia and Azerbaijan and the safe return of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians to
their homes. 

“First of all, I think that, a few months ago (in May 2023),
in Moscow, President Aliyev very clearly said publicly on television, in a
meeting that they had with Prime Minister Pashinyan in the presence of
President Putin, that naming it a ‘corridor’ doesn’t imply
extra-territoriality. President Aliyev has said – also on other occasions in
smaller settings – that this does not imply extra-territoriality. Yes, calling
it a corridor, as you know, we say transport corridors in reference to
different corridors that we have in Europe and we never imply
extra-territoriality. So, obviously, from our perspective, it is quite logical
that any road, any railway that goes through Armenian territory is controlled
by Armenia, or any road or railway that goes through Azerbaijani territory or
goes through, I don’t know, German territory, is controlled by the country in
question. So, that is absolutely the one and only logical arrangement,” Klaar
said.