BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 8. Armenia was the first country to benefit from the lifting of the blockade and gained a railway connection with the outside world through the territory of Azerbaijan.
This was announced by the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Ruben Rubinyan, in a video message on Facebook on the occasion of the first anniversary of the signing of the Washington Declaration.
According to him, when the Declaration of Peace was signed in Washington a year ago, skeptics did not believe that it would bring real peace. "They didn't believe that this would end the constant shootings and casualties on the border. They didn't believe that we would leave the blockade. They openly said that by doing this, we were giving way to the other side to advance, but in return we were getting nothing and were left in a blockade. What happened over the next year showed the opposite," the speaker said.
Rubinyan stressed that Armenia not only didn't remain in the blockade, but was also the first country to benefit from the lifting of the blockade and gained a railway connection with the outside world through the territory of Azerbaijan.
He noted that the same process is taking place in Türkiye, which has recently lifted restrictions on Armenia's use of its railway network. "This is real peace, and we should be happy about it. We deserve peace," Rubinyan added.
