MP Tigran Abrahamyan of the opposition Pativ Unem faction, who stays focused on the security challenges facing Armenia and Artsakh, recalled that the Vardenis-Martakert highway linking Armenia to Artsakh was inaugurated on September 1, 2017.

"On this day five years ago, the inauguration of the Vardenis-Martakert highway, the second highway connecting the Republic of Armenia with Artsakh, took place,” he wrote on Facebook.

“I and many others like me stood proud and excited, assessing the importance of the event for Armenia and Artsakh.

“Then Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Bako Sahakyan were naturally the most enthusiastic, as they knew that it was one of the key undertakings in their lives and activities both in the military and economy.

“And what do we have now? The discussions focus on whether the Azerbaijanis built the new road linking Armenia to Artsakh well, whether the road has the status of a corridor or not, whether the Azerbaijanis will set up a checkpoint on it or not.” Abrahamyan said.