Armenia PM on Tigranashen village issue: We cannot abandon topic of enclaves

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May 22 2026

Armenia PM on Tigranashen village issue: We cannot abandon topic of enclaves

Throughout the entire history of Google Maps, the name [meaning Tigranashen village] has not changed, it has remained as it was; it’s just that some people have just noticed it. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, who is on vacation and heads the ruling party’s electoral list for the parliamentary elections on June 7, stated this at a press conference Friday

Pashinyan said the claim that he is handing over something to Azerbaijan is a lie.

“Armenia and Azerbaijan have mutually recognized each other’s territorial integrity, based on the Alma-Ata Declaration, and on that basis have carried out [border] delimitation. This means that Armenia and Azerbaijan are identical to the Armenian SSR and the Azerbaijan SSR, respectively.

We cannot abandon the topic of enclaves, because we ourselves have Artsvashen [village]. I cannot refuse it, because it is a basis for criminal prosecution, no one can refuse the sovereign territory of Armenia. But this is not an easy topic.

There is no agreement at the moment on the resolution of this issue. When talking about this topic, I am talking about the return of the sovereign territory of Armenia. If some optimization takes place during the [border] delimitation, then it can happen, and in that case this process will take place in an open, public, transparent manner.

One thing is obvious: as a result of the [border] delimitation, the territory of Armenia will be 29,743 square kilometers; this is iron logic. And the issues of roads and infrastructure will be resolved during the [border] delimitation,” the Armenian premier noted.

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