FM says Armenia ready to restore Gyumri-Kars and Yeraskh-Nakhichevan railways

Armenia is ready to restore the Gyumri-Kars and Yeraskh-Nakhichevan railways, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said at the Ministerial Meeting of Landlocked Developing Countries in Yerevan.

He commented on the Crossroads of Peace project, stating that Armenia, as a country that has been under siege for many years, is vitally interested in the opening of communications in the region in accordance with international norms and full respect for the sovereignty of countries.

Mirzoyan noted that during the opening of the meeting, the Armenian PM presented the Crossroads of Peace project, the objective of which is to connect the North and the South, the East and the West, and to strengthen the ties between people, thus contributing to the dialogue and promoting peace and stability in the region.

Mirzoyan stressed that the Armenian government is ready to continue efforts to restore regional communications and build new ones. In this regard, he noted the importance of the North-South project, which seeks not only to ensure a good connection between the northern and southern regions of Armenia but also between the Persian Gulf and the Black Sea, thus becoming an important transit route between Western Asia and Eastern Europe.

The FM underscored the readiness of Armenia to restore the Gyumri-Kars, Hrazdan-Kapan, Nrnadzor-Agarak, and Yeraskh-Nakhichevan border railways. The Crossroads of Peace is not meant to compete with other logistics projects but to complement them, concluded the FM.