Referring to the meeting in Brussels, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that a decision had been made to set up a bilateral commission on delimitation of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border by the end of April.
“This commission will have a dual mandate, the first – the delimitation of the border, and the second - to ensure security and stability along the border,” said the Prime Minister, emphasizing that discussions on this issue, including mediated by Russia, take place for about a year. In the end, it was possible to reach such a compromise decision.
՞You know that there are territories of Armenia that are under the control of Azerbaijan, and there are territories of Azerbaijan that are under the control of Armenia. These issues must be resolved through negotiations, of course, on the basis of de jure substantiated protocols, facts of legal significance,” the Prime Minister said.
According to Pashinyan, Russia has expressed readiness to support the delimitation and demarcation works. The EU is also willing to support.
“We have to move in this direction. Our position is that there is a de jure border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, that is, the border that existed in Soviet times. The demarcation work should start with this record, and there is a need to try to find solutions by taking parallel measures to ensure security and stability,” said Nikol Pashinyan.
