Aliyev has returned to his old vocabulary. Political scientist Suren Surenyants wrote about this.
Today, at the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia, he said:
“Azerbaijan is becoming one of the most important transport and logistics hubs in Eurasia. I have no doubt that the “Zangezur Corridor”, as one of the directions of the Middle Corridor, will soon become an important transport artery connecting the continents.”
This is a continuation of the message voiced by Aliyev at the SCO summit, when he said that the “Zangezur Corridor” will soon become an important section of the Middle Corridor and the North-South Corridor.”
The problem is not only in the choice of words. Aliyev is consistently trying to adhere to the “corridor logic”, that is, to imagine that the Syunik road will be opened not under the sovereign control of Armenia, but with a special status.
This is his political line.
To the domestic audience, he shows that he is not giving in to the demand for a “corridor”.
To the international audience, he shows that it is impossible to ensure the integrity of the Middle Corridor without Azerbaijan’s thesis.
For Armenia, one thing is fundamental: there may be roads, but there will be no corridor.
Any communication can only be carried out within the framework of Armenia’s sovereignty.
But will Pashinyan’s government follow this principle or will it again make humiliating concessions in favor of Azerbaijan?
So far, neither Nikol Pashinyan nor Ararat Mirzoyan have clearly refuted Donald Trump’s statement about leasing the Syunik road for 99 years.
They also have not announced that Armenia will exercise customs control over this road.
“This only strengthens public suspicions that official Yerevan has already made or is preparing to make fundamental concessions on the Syunik issue,” he wrote.