The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev in 2005 reportedly declared, "If we succeed with this project, the Armenians will end in complete isolation, which would create an additional problem for their already bleak future."
2005年，阿塞拜疆總統伊利哈姆·阿利耶夫聲稱，「如果我們在這個項目取得成功，亞美尼亞將會陷入完全孤立的狀態，並會為他們已經不明朗的未來雪上加霜。