How will our remaining eight villages in Armenia be returned? |
“8 occupied during the delimitation process with Armenia village To Azerbaijan must be returned. Azerbaijanis lived in those villages and these villages should be returned.”
Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said this at the press conference on the results of the year.
The minister noted that negotiations on delimitation are an important direction in discussions with Armenia.
“The borders between these countries have not been established for 30 years, because during all this time Azerbaijan lands were under the occupation of Armenia. Only 44 day war as a result Azerbaijan has restored its territorial integrity and border control has been restored.”
The minister added that all legal documents will be studied by experts and the delimitation process will continue.
He emphasized that an appeal was addressed to Armenia regarding the cessation of provocations in the undemarcated parts of the border, and reminded that the last such provocation on the border took place in September of this year.
It is clear that Bayramov 8 village when talking about Azerbaijan from all sides Armenia refers to several border enclaves surrounded by its territory – one of them Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, and others belong to Gazakh region. Armenia too Azerbaijan had such an enclave inside. So Baku what now offer does? How to return these torn lands to each other?
It should be noted that there is an opinion in the Armenian expert community that this very moment can be the next obstacle for the delimitation process, which is already not moving. But it is best to carry out this process way what is? Wouldn’t it be better to completely forget these Soviet enclaves and draw a clear state border?
Political scientist, security expert Inspiration Ismail answered the Press Club’s questions:
– Seven of the eight villages mentioned are Sofulu, Barkhudarlı, Baganıs Ayrım, Kyzıl Hajılı, Yukhari Eskipara, Ashagi Eskipara and Kheyrimli of Gazakh region, and one is Karki village of Nakhchivan, which has been under occupation for 30 years. Headvillage (Artsvashen) village Azerbaijan is under control.
8 villages named according to the Alma-Ata declaration of 1991 Azerbaijan SSR, and a village Armenia It was recognized as the territory of the SSR. Both countries together with these territories UNwas accepted to These villages are enclaves. Since they are enclaves, the return of these villages depends on negotiations in the delimitation process, and concrete principles must be established for them. I do not know what official proposal the Azerbaijani side will make.
I want to note that Kirki and Bashkend are far from the state border. It will take a long time to fix the strained relations between the two countries due to objective reasons. Therefore, in the current conditions, mutual exchange of these villages can be the most successful option.
But a number of problems may arise here. The territory of the village of Karki is 19 square kilometers, and the territory of Bashkend is 40 square kilometers. How about this area compensation can do The roads between 7 villages of Gazakh region also belong to Armenia. Therefore, I believe that when the 7 villages of Gazakh region are returned, these roads and territories will also be counted To Azerbaijan can be changed at the expense of those lands that belong to them.
This is my position. Of course, the working principles of the delimitation commission will be determined during the negotiations. The main thing is that these villages should be returned. Regarding controversial issues, it is possible to reach a common opinion during the negotiations.
Rauf Orujov
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