ArmInfo. Vardan Voskanyan, Head of the Department of Iranian Studies, Yerevan State University (YSU), refutes Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s claims that Azerbaijani territories are now part of Armenia.
He points out that the “idea of enemy propaganda” that Azerbaijani territories are allegedly included in Armenia is being inculcated in Armenia’s society.
“In fact, it cannot be so because, by way of illustration, if a kolkhoz Chairman decided to settle a nomadic tribe in a plot of holy Armenian land, this land sanctified with tour ancestors’ blood, does not become ‘Azerbaijani’.
“Finally, the extreme vulnerability and complete absence of strategic depth of the Armenian and Artsakh territories makes each plot of our Homeland infinitely significant for our future existence,” Mr Vardanyan said.
At the Thursday Cabinet meeting, Armenia’s Premier Nikol Pashinyan, speaking of the results of his meeting with the Azerbaijani president, assured the government members that some Azerbaijani territories are under Armenia’s control and vice versa. According to him, the issues are expected to be settled as a result of negotiations and on the basis of legal documents.
Armenia’s position is that a de jure Armenian-Azerbaijani border exists. In question is the Soviet-era borderline.
“And this is the starting point of the work at delimitation, with simultaneous steps to ensure peace and stability,” Mr Pashinyan said.
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