Neither the peace agreement document nor the statement signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Washington mentions transport routes, or anything called “corridor”, but only discusses the opening of transport routes that will provide Azerbaijan with access to Nakhichevan, while Armenia, in turn, will be connected by railway to Julfa in Iran, Iranian ambassador to Armenia Mehdi Sobhani said in an interview with Isca News.
“Armenia and the United States have reached a verbal agreement, not a written one, to register an Armenian-American joint venture in Armenia, and to determine the operator and investor for the implementation of the project, which will be entirely within the framework of Armenia’s national sovereignty and jurisdiction and will be regulated by Armenia’s security agencies, passport control, and customs procedures.

According to the agreement, it will be a kind of operatorship, not ownership of the route,” the Iranian ambassador emphasized. According to the diplomat, the text of the statement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the details of which the two countries will discuss in the future, fully takes into account the five principles desired by Iran, “including respect for national sovereignty, respect for the integrity of borders, jurisdiction, reciprocity, and inviolability of borders, so there is no reason to worry about it.

”The senior Iranian diplomat cited as an example Yerevan’s international airport, which belongs to the Armenian government, and passport control, customs procedures,, and security checks there are carried out by the government, but the management of the airport has been transferred to an investment company, so the phrases used under the name “99-year lease” for the agreed transit route are incorrect.