During pre-election meetings, Nikol Pashinyan convinces RA citizens at every step of what a happy life he has given us. War fears from the 1990s have been overcome, peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan is now established, because there is no shooting on the border, you just need to own the Pashinyan peace and the map of Armenia, which, according to the announcement, is 29,743 square kilometers.

It should be noted that on one occasion Pashinyan confess is that the occupied territories of more than 200 square meters are an integral part of it, and they have not been restored, and it is still a question of how much they will be restored.

Anyway, let’s assume that we actually have 29,743 square kilometers of territory under our control on the ground, which Pashinyan assures that he has also recognized Azerbaijan, because he himself has recognized the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, although there have been and are other statements from Baku from time to time.

But is this a guarantee of concluding or confirming the final peace agreement, are the problems in the demarcation and demarcation process resolved, even if Pashinyan is ready to hand over the “enclave” villages? Of course not. And once again, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Tofik Zulfugarov “understands” about this from Baku.

Given to Azerbaijani minval.az in the interview he first noted that without amending the RA constitution and holding a corresponding referendum, it is premature to talk about a full peaceful settlement.

“The main thing for us is what will happen during the referendum, if it is announced at all,” the former official emphasized.

Then Zulfugarov referred to the propaganda assurances of official Yerevan and Nikol Pashinyan to recognize each other’s territorial integrity.

According to him, Yerevan is merely trying to present the fact of mutual recognition of the territorial integrity as the final fixing of the borders that are beneficial for it, although the process of demarcation and demarcation has not yet been completed.

“Well, Pashinyan is coming with that badge on his chest… They want to receive that “badge” – the mutual recognition of territorial integrity, and present it as the final recognition of all demands.” said the former foreign minister of Azerbaijan, adding that during the Soviet period, the administrative borders between the union republics were changed more than once, so “Especially which period’s borders should become the basis for future settlement, still remains a fundamental question.”

It should be noted that on various occasions Zulfugarov, in his words, tried to be a realist explain իրականությունը՝ «the concept of an internationally recognized border is applicable in the event that when neighboring states demarcate their borders, after which they sign a corresponding document, which means that the border is recognized by both states.”

“If such a process does not exist, then the concept of an internationally recognized border cannot be used in the case of this or that state that has unfinished processes related to this issue,” years ago. In an interview given to one of the Azerbaijani media, the Azerbaijani diplomat emphasized, adding that the UN recognizes the state and not this or that border, and that “The declaration of Alma Ata does not specify any coordinates of this or that border.” Naturally, the exclusion of the Declaration of Independence from the RA constitution was considered a condition for signing the peace treaty.

Referring to the “Trump’s Way” project, Zulfugarov stated that, for now, Armenia avoids concreteness and instead of discussing transit conditions, proposes to focus exclusively on demarcation issues.

“Instead of presenting the conditions under which transit of goods and people will be carried out, they say: let’s conduct delimitation and demarcation. And this is a sign that the Armenian side is trying to delay the process and fix its own interpretations of the future borders. In general, one should assess the situation without emotions, neither in a positive nor a negative light. The approach should be exclusively realistic. I am not a pessimist, I am a realist,” said the diplomat.

It should be noted that Nikol Pashinyan has stated that in the places where communication construction will begin, it is assumed and logical that demarcation and demarcation should take place in that area first.

And Zulfugarov a month ago had noted that Azerbaijan will continue to strive for the implementation of the “Zangezur Corridor” and it is not important whether it will be within the framework of the TRIPP project or the November 10 document or any other format, that is, the question remains open.

Regarding the border demarcation process, let us remind that during the meeting held in Aghveran on April 29, the border demarcation commissions of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed and exchanged the draft texts of 3 guidelines on the procedure for demarcation works. Currently, the RA government at e-draft.am from May 15 to May 31, discussed the 3 guidelines, where the procedure for creating the demarcation map is presented, it is noted that the working map is created in the form of rectangular columnarization of the UTM projection in the WGS-84 coordinate system.

168.amis still last year reported, that Azerbaijan has switched to mapping its borders using the WGS-84 system and “production” of its own maps with the support of Turkey. We informed that it is from 2009 started The transfer of topographic and cadastral maps of the RA state scale series to the WGS-84 world coordinate system.

As for Baku, Aliyev’s political other, “Western Azerbaijan” to the program then let us inform you that on June 18-19, the “Return to Western Azerbaijan” conference-festival will take place in Ordubad, Nakhichevan, the organizers of which are the plenipotentiary representative of the President of Azerbaijan in Nakhichevan, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Nakhichevan State University and the “Western Azerbaijan” community.

In the part of the conference, scientists, researchers and public figures will present reports on the “historical” realities of “Western Azerbaijan”, the heritage and the prospects for the return of “Western” Azerbaijanis.

It should be noted that this is the third such conference, the second, however, անցկացվել է in 2024.

In other words, it is a fact that, by and large, peace does not change much in Aliyev’s plans, the problem is in delivery.

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