Armenia continues policy of pursuing peace treaty with Azerbaijan based on three principles, Pashinyan

After conducting a thorough and comprehensive analysis of recent events, the Armenian government continues its policy of diversifying foreign and security relations, the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference on March 12, 2024. 

 

Pashinyan added that in this context, the peace agenda remains a priority and the Government is committed to a policy of concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan based on three principles and conducting border delimitation and demarcation.

 

“And although those principles are well-known, to avoid confusion, I consider it is necessary to reiterate them.

 

Firstly, Armenia and Azerbaijan recognize each other's territorial integrity based on the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1991.

 

Secondly, the Alma-Ata Declaration serves as a political basis for delimitation and demarcation between the two countries, which means that there is no agenda of creating a new border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. It needs to be reflected on the ground based on the de jure administrative borders of the countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which became a state border under the Alma-Ata Declaration.

 

And thirdly, regional communications should be opened on the basis of the principle of sovereignty and jurisdiction of countries, within the framework of equality and reciprocity. We have concentrated and expressed these principles in the "Crossroads of Peace" project,’’ said the PM.