“Azerbaijan is trying to present the Armenian territories as its own, based on supposedly drawn maps on A4 paper, which cannot be discussed at all,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Avet Adonts in Syunik. This is how the Deputy Foreign Minister describes the working style of Azerbaijan today.
“This is an encroachment on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Armenia. Azerbaijani Armed Forces must withdraw from Armenia's sovereign territory. This is unequivocal. I will not say this as a precondition, it is a necessary step that must be taken to continue discussing some issues in the future,” Avet Adonts, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, says.
Avet Adonts was in Syunik with the EU representative and the EU countries ambassadors. What active steps will the European Union take to prevent violations of Armenia’s territorial integrity?
Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Andrea Wiktorin talked about her goals and impressions after visiting the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the area of the Blake Lake (Sev Lich). The EU Ambassador said that together with the Ambassadors of the EU member states they aimed to carry out a fact-finding mission and get acquainted with the developments on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on site.
“I am grateful to Deputy Foreign Minister Avet Adonts, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry for organizing the visit,” she said.
Before visiting the area of the Black Lake, Armenian Armed Forces corps commander Samvel Minasyan presented to the Ambassadors the map of the Armenian SSR of 1969 ratified by documents, signatures and stamps. A journalist asked EU Ambassador Andrea Wiktorin about her opinion of that map.
Andrea Wiktorin answered, “I have heard about a few maps. Today we were shown the map of 1969. I am not an expert and cannot express a concrete opinion, but it was obvious from today’s map that greater part of the Black Lake is located in the territory of the Republic of Armenia.”
The EU Ambassador assured that the EU uses all the levers for contributing to the solution of the situation and that the EU is the supporter of the territorial integrity.
