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Why Washington Declaration does not contain phrase `unimpeded  access`? RA FM`s answer 

Why Washington Declaration does not contain phrase `unimpeded  access`? RA FM`s answer 

ArmInfo. The details of Trump route will be clarified during contacts, discussions, and negotiations between the Armenian and US delegations, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan told reporters on September 20.

"We also have common understandings with the Azerbaijani side, which  are reflected in the signed Washington Declaration, which stipulates  that the lifting of the blockade will occur on the basis of the  territorial integrity, inviolability of borders, sovereignty, and  jurisdiction of the two countries, without hindrance and with mutual  benefit," he said.

When asked why, unlike Azerbaijan, the document does not include the  phrase "unimpeded access" in the section on Armenia, Mirzoyan  replied: "What does "unimpeded access" mean? There are dozens of  conventions and international documents in which Armenia has  obligations regarding that very same unimpeded access. And not only  in relation to Azerbaijan."

Touching upon criticism from the opposition, he advised not to listen  to them: "We have agreed on what has been written and published; the  rest of the verbal comments are unimportant.

Commenting on the Turkish Foreign Minister's expectations that a  peace agreement would be signed early next year, the foreign minister  noted: "We stated both when the agreement was initialed and before,  when the text was being agreed upon in mid-March, that we would begin  consultations on the place and time of signing as soon as possible.   We remain ready."

As a reminder, on August 8, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a joint "Declaration of  Peace" in Washington. It provides for a joint appeal to the  Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to  terminate the OSCE Minsk Process and related structures, as well as  the creation of a transport corridor through Armenian territory that  will connect Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave. The TRIPP (Trump  Route for International Peace and Prosperity) project, a 42-kilometer  road in southern Armenia whose management will be entrusted to the  United States for a period of 99 years, is, according to experts,  capable of significantly changing the geopolitical situation in the  South Caucasus.  

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