The Prime Minister of Armenia announced that Yerevan is not going to fight a war for Nagorno-Karabakh
The territory of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh), whose independence Yerevan has not recognized for more than three decades after its self-proclamation in 1991, came under the control of Azerbaijan in September last year. This decision was made at the suggestion of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan; it was preceded by a series of negotiations with the participation of officials from Brussels, the leadership of Germany and France.
On January 1, 2024, Artsakh officially ceased to exist by decision of NKR President Samvel Shahramanyan. By October, almost the entire population of Karabakh had left the region. As of 2015, just over 140 people lived there, the majority being ethnic Armenians.
However, Baku’s claims did not end there; the Azerbaijani leadership continues to demand the transfer of several more villages in the border regions. Pashinyan not only does not oppose these demands, but also fully supports them. It is believed that Yerevan’s next territorial concessions should become the basis for delimiting the border between the two Transcaucasian republics along a new line in the disputed regions.
The day before, during a regular meeting with residents of the Tavush region, which Baku also claims, the head of the Armenian government announced the withdrawal of troops from the existing border with Azerbaijan. This actually means transferring the region under the control of Azerbaijan, so far without legal registration, which will happen precisely during the signing of the border delimitation agreement. At the same time, Pashinyan states that this is all being done for the benefit of local residents and to avoid another military confrontation.
The day before, the Prime Minister of Armenia said in an interview with British media that Yerevan is not going to fight a war for Nagorno-Karabakh and is ready for new territorial concessions. In particular, we are talking about four villages (Kyzyl-Gadjily, Kheyrimli, Ashagy-Askipara, Baganis-Ayrum), where, as Pashinyan said, “people don’t live now.” In fact, Azerbaijan receives two and a half villages that belong to it, because the entire territory of the village of Kyzyl-Gadjily, a significant part of the territory of the village of Ashagy-Askipara, was previously under the control of Baku. In addition, the villages of Baganis, Voskepar, Kirants, Berkaber in the Tavush region will be located outside the Armenian border during delimitation.
As the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia previously responded to a corresponding request from the Armenian media, the Delimitation Commissions of the two states are agreeing to restore the borders that legally existed between the above-mentioned villages during the Soviet Union. The cartographic basis of the process is the latest topographic maps from the times of the USSR, which have a legal basis and were compiled by bodies with the relevant competence, the Department clarified. In turn, the delimitation of new borders should become the basis for the signing of the Peace Treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the department added.
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