Armenian PM rejects claims of US using transit routes against Iran

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has rejected suggestions that the trilateral declaration signed by Armenia, the United States, and Azerbaijan contains any military dimension.

Speaking to Armenian media after the signing ceremony in Washington, Pashinyan stressed that the document “makes no mention of any military component”, Caliber.Az reports.

His comments came in response to a question on whether US companies, by developing transit infrastructure in Armenia’s Syunik region (Zangezur — ed.), might be laying the groundwork for a springboard against Iran.

“There can be no question of anything like that, and there is no need to create a non-existent discourse,” Pashinyan said. “If we follow the path of guesswork or assumptions, we can say practically anything and put forward any theory. But we need to base ourselves on what has been written, signed, and published, and there is nothing of the sort in this text.”

The Armenian leader underscored that the declaration should be interpreted strictly within its stated terms.

The agreement, signed in the early hours of August 9 by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and US President Donald Trump, consists of seven points and affirms the parties’ commitment to peace.

By Tamilla Hasanova