Pashinyan Confirms US Offer on Zangezur Corridor

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed that Yerevan has received a proposal from the United States regarding the management of a transport corridor between Armenia and Azerbaijan, aimed at restoring transit links in the South Caucasus.

"At present, this is a proposal from the US and we are discussing it. We are interested in it, but we have not yet reached agreement on this issue. Can such agreement be reached? Yes, it can," he said, The Caspian Post reports, citing TASS.

The European Union (EU) is interested in transport route management, Pashinyan pointed out, adding that this issue was discussed during his recent visit to Brussels and Paris on July 14.

The Armenian prime minister did not rule out the possibility of the Russian side managing the transport corridor. So far, discussions are ongoing and proposals are being made, he noted.

According to media reports, the US has issued a proposal according to which a private company would control a transport corridor, called the Zangezur Corridor, linking the main part of Azerbaijan with its enclave in Nakhchivan as part of the peace agreement between Baku and Yerevan.