Government ready to assist business contacts between Armenia,  Azerbaijan - Armenian premier

ArmInfo. The state is ready, if necessary, to assist in developing relations between  Armenian and Azerbaijani businesses. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan stated this during a briefing on December 25, answering a  question from an ArmInfo correspondent.

He noted that there should be no official negotiations on this  matter, since in the absence of political restrictions, businesses  should negotiate among themselves.

The prime minister expressed hope that bilateral trade between the  two countries will develop in the near future, recalling that Armenia  has already received imports from Azerbaijan. "I hope that we will  soon also be exporting to Azerbaijan," Pashinyan emphasized.

Commenting, at a journalist's request, on the Azerbaijani president's  constant expressions of gratitude, even in venues where the latter is  absent, the head of government noted that Armenia must demonstrate  its position on the current situation. "In fact, several things  happened-the lifting of the embargo on wheat imports-first for  Kazakhstan, then for Russia. Then, it was confirmed that there are no  restrictions on rail transit from Armenia in the opposite direction.  One might ask, why aren't trains operating in this case?  Because, as  I understand it, the scale of our activities and thinking operates on  the logic of a single truck.  Loading a train and sending it in a  certain direction is difficult-you need to consolidate so many goods  simultaneously in one place," he noted.

Among the important events, the prime minister also noted the first  delivery of gasoline from Azerbaijan to Armenian businesses and the  establishment of a railway connection with the Eurasian Economic  Union.  "And I think it would be strange if we didn't express our  position. We need to assess the scale of what has happened. With all  this, I want to show, and am showing, that peace is a reality that is  reflected in its own reflection," the prime minister emphasized.