Goght: Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that the TRIPP connectivity project envisages reopening the Meghri railway and establishing new transport and infrastructure links through Armenia's territory, Armenpress reports.

According to Azeri-Press News Agency, Pashinyan made the remarks at a campaign event in the village of Goght, a day after Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio initialed a framework agreement on strategic cooperation concerning TRIPP aimed at enabling the project's implementation. He said the Armenia-U.S. agreement on TRIPP would be finalized within a month at the latest.

Pashinyan highlighted that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had arrived in Armenia to, together with the foreign minister, initial the framework agreement for the implementation of the TRIPP project. The agreement is set to be formally signed within a month at the latest.

The prime minister emphasized that one of the project's most visible components is the reopening of the Meghri railway. He explained that the Meghri railway will be reopened, allowing both Azerbaijan and Armenia to use it. Azerbaijan will utilize it for transport links between Nakhchivan and mainland Azerbaijan, and Armenia will establish a railway connection between the country's northern and southern regions. Pashinyan noted that there is currently no railway running from south to north, specifically through the Syunik section, and the project aims to address this gap.