Armenia: Three basic principles agreed with AzerbaijanOctober 30, 2023 - 12:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that three basic principles have been agreed upon as part of the development of a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. According to him, if the parties remain committed to said principles, the document will be signed soon. Pashinyan noted at a meeting of the standing committees of the National Assembly on the draft state budget for 2024 that the first principle is mutual recognition of territorial integrity, Sputnik Armenia reports. Thus, Baku recognizes the territory of the Republic of Armenia with an area of 29.8 thousand square meters. km, and Yerevan recognizes the territory of Azerbaijan with an area of 86.6 thousand square kilometers. Pashinyan noted that the areas were taken from the 1977 Soviet encyclopedia. The second principle, according to him, is that the parties have agreed to delimit the border on the basis of the Alma-Ata Declaration, which means that the two countries agree that the administrative borders of the Soviet republics are the state borders of the countries, therefore, it is necessary to recognize their inviolability. Pashinyan called the third principle the opening, on the basis of equality and reciprocity, of regional communications, which should operate under the jurisdiction of the countries through which they pass. Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan said that Armenia had received from Azerbaijan another package of proposals for a peace treaty. Yerevan is working on an answer. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |