Yerevan says will respond in kind if Azerbaijan doesn't leave Armenian soilJune 1, 2023 - 18:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President of the Armenian National Assembly Alen Simonyan said Thursday, June 1 that if the Azerbaijani military does not withdraw from Armenian territory, Armenia will respond in kind. Simonyan said 150 square kilometers of Armenian soil are currently occupied by Azerbaijan, Panorama.am. "It is natural that troops should be withdrawn [from the border]. After the demarcation and delimitation, based on the maps, the Azerbaijani troops must and will leave the territory of Armenia, and, naturally, the Armenian troops will withdraw from the territory of Azerbaijan," Simonyan said. "It is ruled out that a peace agreement be signed outside the 29 thousand 800 square kilometers (of Armenian territory -Ed.)." Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |