What does it mean to recognize each other’s territorial integrity? Pashinyan said the other day: “Yes, Armenia recognizes the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan’s 86,600 square km, with the understanding that Azerbaijan recognizes the territory of Armenia of 29,800 square km.”
During the discussion of the “Free Artsakh-Armenian vote” legislative initiative, lawyer Aram Orbelyan said in this regard: there is no process in the world when, for example, the state is recognized by maps, let’s say: if the country starts diplomatic relations with another state, say: this is my map, do recognize it like this: “When they say that we know them with so many square meters, they try to soften and reduce them with this much. There is no such process that I have known you for so many kilometers. Did the world recognize Russia with the Kuril Islands or without it? Did the world recognize the Republic of Cyprus with or without Cyprus? There was the opposite when they said that we should not recognize such a state; for example, the EU clearly said that the Republic of Cyprus could not be recognized as a separate state of Cyprus because it was formed as a result of the use of force. In the case of the Republic of Artsakh, there is no document where it is written: do not recognize the Republic of Artsakh.
If everyone had recognized, what was the Minsk conference about, what were the 30-year negotiations about, within the framework of which the status of Artsakh was discussed, what were the Madrid principles about, by which we may or may not have recognized? As such, there is no world recognition of the country’s territory.” According to the lawyer, the Republic of Artsakh exists as a state; it is a fact, it is not a matter of law, it is a matter of fact.
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“The world has not recognized Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan, at least according to the Budapest agreements. The world did not approve of the collapse of the Soviet Union along the Soviet borders, and there is no document where it is written that the Soviet Union collapsed along the Soviet borders. “If so, Russia and Azerbaijan would not have delimitation for 16 years, and there would not be a territorial dispute between Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Armenia ratified this same Alma-Ata declaration with certain reservations, including considering Artsakh. According to the lawyer, the next step, according to the tripartite declaration document of November 9, will be the return of refugees. ”
All those who say, well, now we will give territory, we will stay here, it is not so. The next step will be that they should return; after it happens, just as you are discussing the security of Armenians, the security of Azerbaijanis should be discussed. Then we will see that a large part of Armenia has become the Republic of Northern Cyprus, called the “Republic of Western Zangezour.”
Azerbaijan does not hide it; Azerbaijan will say that they have no territorial ambitions. They will say Azerbaijanis live there and decided to establish a state; they founded it because you could not keep your existing State, the Republic of Artsakh.
Nelly BABAYAN
