After the government sitting on May 5, the Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan referred to the statements of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev that in the process of clarifying the borders with Armenia, they will take the 1918 agreement as a basis, as well as all the maps of prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and that according to some maps from 1918-1920, Yerevan and Syunik were part of Azerbaijan.
Mr. Grigoryan said that he was not going to make any announcement regarding the maps or the historical excursion. According to him, all the maps are historical facts, and any member of society, both in Armenia and Azerbaijan, can get acquainted with the maps and know to whom the territory has historically belonged. According to A. Grigorian, one of the issues of the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan is about the recognition of each other ‘s territorial integrity.
“Of course, we note that back in 1992, Armenia and Azerbaijan recognized each other’s sovereign territories and sovereignty within the CIS, but you know that later there were other developments, but Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to recognize each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. Naturally, such statements do not contribute to the formation of the peace agenda, to working in a calm atmosphere. We hope that such statements will be as few as possible,” said the Security Council Secretary. To the question of whether the recognition of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity presupposes the recognition of Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan, Armen Grigoryan answered, “You know that there were no points unacceptable for Armenia in those 5 points. Armenia has suggested on six points that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved in order to have a comprehensive peace agreement. At the moment, our approach is to join the 5 + 6 points, to start negotiations on a peace agreement, so that there is a long-term solution to Nagorno-Karabakh.”
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