Not a single millimeter of sovereign territory of Armenia was transferred to Azerbaijan during delimitation, Pashinyan assures
ArmInfo.I consider conversations about concessions to Azerbaijan absolutely unacceptable, said Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on May 22 during government hour in parliament.
"If the existing border is reproduced de jure, then to consider it a concession is at least illogical. I would consider this a success, because for the first time in its history, Armenia independently, through negotiations, forms a border, lays the most important cornerstone of independence, sovereignty and statehood," the Prime Minister said.
Pashinyan once again pointed out that in 1991, by joining the Alma-Ata Declaration, Armenia, in fact, once again recorded that it was becoming an independent country within the borders of Soviet Armenia. "And as of 1991, there were de jure borders between the Armenian and Azerbaijani SSRs. And we de jure raised all the foundations of this border, understood where the legal border of the Republic of Armenia passes, checked and reproduced them on the ground according to the principle - "the border passes where it passes," he said.
Nikol Pashinyan assured that during this process not a single millimeter of the sovereign territory of Armenia was transferred to Azerbaijan. "The sovereign territory of Armenia is completely fixed in the delimited areas," he said.
The Prime Minister emphasized that the current government decisions are legally justified, including by state institutions. "I have no doubts about the legal validity of the decisions, because their legality was recorded by our state institutions and there can be no doubts," Pashinyan said.
The opposition and, in particular, the Tavush for the Motherland movement accuse the RA authorities of unilateral concessions and the surrender of strategically important territories of the country. Thus, according to the protocol-description of the commission on delimitation and demarcation of borders, in the area of the village of Kirants, Tavush region of the Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan will receive two houses, a bridge, a section of the interstate road to Georgia and about 50 land plots.