“If the November 9 statement was a violation of sovereignty, then what is TRIPP?”: Balasanyan

If the joint statement of November 9 was presented as a violation of Armenia’s sovereignty, then what is TRIPP? Grigor Balasanyan, international relations expert, PhD in History and associate professor at Yerevan State University (YSU), raised this question during the panel discussion “Deliberate pivot: Armenia’s future in the CSTO and the fate of the November 9 agreement,” commenting on the significance of the November 9 statement and the Trump Route project.

“We are talking about a project under which Armenia is to receive only 26 percent of the revenue from the roads passing through this territory, and even that is in question. Refusing to implement the provisions of the November 9 statement was presented as a fight for independence and sovereignty, while TRIPP is presented as a serious international project driven solely by Armenia’s interests. This is a myth that has nothing to do with reality,” Balasanyan said.