Armenia's ex-president Robert Kocharyan spoke about the difference between the so-called "Meghri corridor" connecting Azerbaijan to Nakhijevan across the southern Armenian region of Syunik which had beeen discussed during his tenure as president from the current 'Zangezur corridor' articulated by Azerbaijanis. Kocharyan's remarks came at a press conference on Monday.
In his words, the first difference was that there was no Turkey in those discussions. Secondly, per Kocharyan, the discussions at Key West were around connecting Karabakh to Armenia though a corridor that would have the same status as Nagorno Karabakh itself.
"My formulations have considered security provisions that the corridor should be at list 42 km wide to be secure and prevent the adversary's weapons and equipment. You may compare that option with current uncertainty around Karabakh both in terms of status and security. The differenc...
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