YEREVAN. July 16 (Interfax) - An American company might act as a managing operator of a transport route in southern Armenia to link mainland Azerbaijan and its autonomous republic of Nakhchivan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.
"This option is currently the most discussible one. Active and intensive discussions are ongoing. Armenian border guards will also be posted on the border," Pashinyan said at a press conference on Wednesday.
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Thomas Barrack had said at a press briefing earlier that the U.S. might operate a transport corridor in southern Armenia to link mainland Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan near the Iranian border in an attempt to move forward negotiations between Baku and Yerevan.
Pashinyan said, "Anyway, all processes will go within the framework of Armenia's territorial integrity, sovereignty, and jurisdiction."
Apart from the U.S., the European Union and China are also interested in operating said route, Pashinyan said.