Armenia's non-participation in regional projects not a foreign policy omission

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Armenia's non-participation in Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project is not an omission of our foreign policy," RA Prime Minister and President-elect Serzh Sargsyan said in Yerevan today.



"The project could embrace Armenia if we agreed to cede Karabakh to Azerbaijan. As to construction of the Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku, I can't agree that Armenia will suffer from implementation of the project. There is a railroad and we will use it if necessary. If you think thoroughly you will understand that the above mentioned project is directed not against Armenia but against major states," he said.



"Exploitation of the existing Kars-Gyumri trunk would be advisable. But if it's never used it would be good to have a functioning railway nearby," the PM noted, adding that transformation of Turkey-Georgia-Azerbaijan economic union into a military-political bloc is not "so definite," IA Regnum reports.