VIDEO: Armenia Has No Territorial Claims Against Any Neighbor, Including Azerbaijan – Arshakyan

Armenia has no territorial claims against any neighbor, including Azerbaijan. This was stated by Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Hakob Arshakyan during a briefing with journalists.

“Armenia insists from the position that we have no territorial claims against any neighbor, including Azerbaijan. This means that we need to clarify the state borders and the territories that belong to our states. The issue is about the approaches to the logic of the peace treaty, it is about the clarification of principles. When we talk about numbers, we are talking about specificity,” noted Arshakyan.

According to the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, in this context, the question of Nagorno-Karabakh is perceived in such a way that an international format should be created around the rights and security issues of the Armenians of Artsakh, and Stepanakert and Baku should enter into dialogue.

“When the people of Artsakh speak of their rights and security, it means they are present at the negotiating table, and the whole logic of our negotiations has changed in this regard since they have been absent from the negotiating table. From the moment when President Robert Kocharyan, as the President of Armenia, began to negotiate not only on behalf of Armenia but also on behalf of Artsakh, it indirectly became clear that Armenia has a territorial dispute with Azerbaijan. Now we say that we have no territorial dispute with Azerbaijan. This means that we mutually recognize each other's territorial integrity, and after that, international mechanisms are established that are responsible for the dialogue between Artsakh and Azerbaijan and for ensuring the rights and security guarantees of the Armenians of Artsakh,” stated Arshakyan.