YEREVAN. Sept 25 (Interfax) - Armenia wishes the soonest unblocking of regional transport routes but objects to laying an exterritorial corridor through its territory, Armenian Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Minister Gnel Sanosyan said.
"Armenia has never agreed to any exterritorial or corridor logic and will never do that. At the same time, we are committed to the agreements reached at the high level," Sanosyan told the Armenia's Armenpress state-run news agency.
The July 15 meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders in Brussels confirmed the following agreements: Armenia and Azerbaijan recognize each other's territorial integrity within the respective 29,800 and 86,600 square kilometers, the Armenian-Azerbaijani border will be delimited on the basis of the 1991 Almaty Declaration, and regional communications must be unblocked on the principles of sovereignty, jurisdiction and reciprocity of the sides.
"These are public agreements announced by European Council President Charles Michel at the end of the meeting. Consistent with these agreements, Armenia is not just ready to unblock communications but also wishes to do that as soon as possible, as it meets our interests," Sanosyan said.
In early September, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov accused Armenia of being unconstructive about the opening of the Zangezur corridor to allow free traffic between the main part of Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Region. Armenia might miss the opportunity of national economic recovery because of its stance, he said.