Armenia declares its readiness to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan

Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to recognize each other's territorial integrity, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a meeting of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The edition told in more detail Present Tense.

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Pashinyan stressed that Armenia is ready to unblock all transport and economic corridors, as well as open regional communications with Azerbaijan.

And the head of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, said that "there is a possibility of reaching a peace agreement between Baku and Yerevan, especially considering that Armenia has recognized Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan."

He stressed that Azerbaijan has no territorial claims against Armenia.

The heads of Armenia and Azerbaijan will sign two documents: on the unblocking of transport communications and a joint statement by Aliyev, Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin on mutual recognition of the territorial integrity of the two countries. This is the fifth time this statement has been signed.

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Recently, Nikol Pashinyan stated that Armenia will recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan only on the condition that Baku guarantees the observance of the rights of the Armenian population there.

At the same time, the parliament of the self-proclaimed "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" condemned the statement of the Prime Minister of Armenia about his readiness to recognize Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan.

The “deputies” accused Pashinyan of grossly violating the provisions of Armenian law regarding the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. In particular, back in 1992, the Supreme Council of Armenia decided that any international or domestic document, in which Karabakh will be listed as part of Azerbaijan, is considered unacceptable for the Republic of Armenia.

The conflict resolution process entered an active phase in May 2023. The heads of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of both countries held meetings in Washington (USA) and Moscow (Russia). And the leaders of the states are in Brussels under the supervision of the head of the European Council, Charles Michel. During these negotiations, conditions were worked out for mutual recognition of the territorial integrity of the two countries.

Territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh has been going on since the late 1980s. Populated mainly by ethnic Armenians, Nagorno-Karabakh, with the support of Armenia, announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan SSR, and in September 1991 announced the creation of the "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic".

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During the armed conflict of 1988-1994, about 30 people died in the region. Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions of Azerbaijan came under the actual control of the Armed Forces of Armenia. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people, mostly ethnic Azerbaijanis, became refugees and forced migrants.

After another escalation of the situation at the end of September 2020, Azerbaijan returned the areas around Nagorno-Karabakh under its control and took the ancient and symbolically significant city of Shusha. The day after that, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a peace agreement to end the war in the region.

Under the terms of the agreement, the territories where the troops were located at the time of signing the document were assigned to Armenia and Azerbaijan. A peacekeeping mission of Russia is deployed along the line of contact.

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