Armenia interested in opening transport link with Azerbaijan, official says
Media-Press news agency
15 Nov 04
BAKU
Armenia is suffering major losses due to the closure of transport
communications with Azerbaijan, the head of the international
relations department of the Armenian Transport Ministry, Garik
Grigoryan, has said in Baku.
“We would like to start cooperating in this sector of the economy. We
first need to open roads. No-one is benefiting from the fact that they
are closed. The whole region is suffering losses. The cargo that
could have crossed our territories is bypassing us. We are losing a
lot of money because of this,” Grigoryan said, but stopped short of
specifying the amount of the losses suffered.
He said Armenia was ready to restore transport communications with
Azerbaijan.
A representative of the Armenian Energy Ministry, Levon Vardanyan,
said earlier that Armenia was ready to cooperate with Azerbaijan also
in the energy sector.
However, the Azerbaijani deputy prime minister, Abid Sarifov, has said
any cooperation with Armenia is ruled out until the Nagornyy Karabakh
conflict is resolved.