“The leadership of the South Caucasus Railways and Russian Railways has close ties to Azerbaijan’s political elite,” ARF Dashnaktsutyn parliamentary group MP Ara Nranyan told in an interview with the Aravot newspaper.

According to him, there is a factor that is used to deceive and delude Armenia. Turkic states, from Bosnia to China, pursuing a goal to create a single transport system, presently implement their plan along Turkey-Georgia-Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan axis, he noted. “They try to persuade Armenia to participate in this project, that is to make the country a connecting link between the Turkic states of Europe and Asia to serve their interests. I think this is the reason, the South Caucasus Railways attaches major significance to the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border and, in fact, encourages resolution of the Karabakh issue not to Armenia’s benefit, as their strategy involves restoration of the Kars-Gyumri-Nakhchivan-Meghri-Baku railway. This can happen when the Armenian-Turkish border is open only after the Turkish preconditions are satisfied. Meanwhile, Nakhchivan-Meghri passage will be connected with Baku only in case the southern regions of Nagorno-Karabakh are controlled by Azerbaijan,” Nranyan said.