“Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol

PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday, May 15 that deputy prime ministers of the two countries met again and signed a protocol on the coordinates of relevant demarcated sections of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border “specified as a result of geodetic measurements.”

At a government meeting on Thursday Pashinyan noted that the protocol is a “cornerstone for further strengthening the sovereignty and security of Armenia”.

He said for the first time in the history of independence, Armenia has an officially delimited border, which will “significantly increase the level of security and stability not only in this section, but also along the entire perimeter of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.”

The demarcation process began right after Yerevan and Baku announced the land handover on April 19. The announcement sparked protests from many residents of several villages in Armenia’s northern Tavush province adjacent to the disputed areas. They say that the territorial concessions made by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian would isolate their communities and make them far more vulnerable to Azerbaijani attacks.