Pashinyan: If problems arise with some houses in border delimitation  process, we will protect rights of our citizens.

ArmInfo. If problems arise with some houses while delimiting the border between Armenia and 

Azerbaijan in the Tavush region, in that case, the state will defend the rights of our citizens and build new houses in the same locality. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told reporters on April 20.

"What we agreed on with the residents of Voskepar was recorded in 

Voskepar. The same applies to Kirants. In conversations about 

Kirants, we did not go into many working details. However, I said 

both in Kirants and in Voskepar that if suddenly, a problem arises 

with some houses and land plots during the demarcation process,  

then, naturally, we will defend the rights of all our citizens. If 

there is such a need, we will build new houses in the same village," 

Pashinyan said.

According to the Prime Minister, the problems that sometimes arise on 

the Armenian side can also arise on Azerbaijan. "What is the 

difference? People do not live in Azerbaijani villages, people live 

in our villages.  During the Soviet Union, the villages of Voskepar 

and Ashaghi Askipara were not far from each other, the villages of 

Kirants and Kheyrimli were very close. All issues will be resolved, 

all issues can be resolved," said Pashinyan.

Yesterday, the parties agreed to complete agreement on the draft 

regulations on joint activities of delimitation commissions by July 

1. The parties have agreed that the process of  delimitation will be 

based on the  Alma-Ata 

Declaration of 1991. The parties have also arranged to stipulate this 

fundamental principle in the draft Regulation (in the future, in case 

the Agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations 

between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan 

provides otherwise, the relevant clause of the Regulation will be 

brought into compliance with the principles as prescribed by this 

Agreement). Agreed that after the parties approve the Regulation, 

they will arrange the order and continue the delimitation process of 

all the remaining sections of the border, including the issues of 

enclaves and exclaves.  On April 19, the eighth meeting of the 

commissions on state border demarcation was held on the border of 

Armenia and Azerbaijan, following which a protocol was signed. 

According to the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the delimitation of 

borders of the separate sections of the borderline immediately 

between the settlements of  the Armenian village of Baghanis- 

Azerbaijani Baghanis Ayrum, Armenian Voskepar- Azerbaijani Ashaghi 

Askipara, Armenian Kirants- Azerbaijani Kheyrimli, Armenian Berkaber- 

Azerbaijani Ghizilhajili has been preliminarily agreed upon.