Armenian authorities announce terms for start of negotiations on border with Azerbaijan

Today, the Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia has announced a plan to start negotiations on the demarcation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border with the mediation of Russia by the end of 2020.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on November 10, the agreement came into force to end the fighting that had been going on in Nagorno-Karabakh since September 27. Azerbaijan not only kept the positions taken during the escalation of the conflict, but also insisted on transferring a number of other territories under its control. In general, Nagorno-Karabakh lost two-thirds of the territory it controlled until September 27.

Today, during a parliament meeting, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan has announced that the negotiations on the demarcation of the border with Azerbaijan will be held with the mediation of Russia, and they will take place already in 2020.

Mr Avinyan has noted that no legal demarcation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan has taken place. "We have prepared all the legal documents and maps that will serve as the basis for the negotiations, and in the coming weeks, the negotiations on the above agenda will be held," the RIA "Novosti" quotes Mr Avinyan as saying.

The absence of well-defined borders has caused problems for both residents of the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and natives of Armenia. Thus, residents of Berdzor (the Azerbaijani name is Lachin, – note of the "Caucasian Knot") and other towns and villages located in the so-called Lachin corridor do not want to return to their houses because of the uncertain status of the territory, which represents a narrow strip cutting through the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on December 9, 2020 at 05:18 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.