The legislation of the Republic of Armenia is an internal matter, and no external force has the right to intervene: Nazeli Baghdasaryan

The press secretary of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nazeli Baghdasaryan, has issued a statement in response to the latest threats from Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev. The statement reads:

“In response to several statements from official Baku, I am authorized to declare that the legislation of the Republic of Armenia is an internal matter of the Republic of Armenia, and no external force has the right to interfere in our internal affairs.

Regarding territorial demands, Armenia remains committed to the agreements reached with Azerbaijan on international platforms to recognize each other's territorial integrity based on the Alma-Ata Declaration, to carry out border demarcation works based on the same declaration, and to open regional communications based on the principles of sovereignty, legality, equality, and reciprocity.

Azerbaijan regularly violates these agreements by continuing aggressive rhetoric and the use of force and threats, which also contradicts the written agreements reached in international forums. At the same time, Azerbaijan continues to occupy vital territories of 31 villages of the Republic of Armenia.

All of this indicates that Azerbaijan continues a strategy of escalating hostility in the region, which poses a continuous threat to destabilization. Armenia will continue its efforts towards establishing peace and again offers Azerbaijan to withdraw troops to the borders of 1991, which would be a cornerstone step for stability and mutual trust in the region.

As for the peace treaty, there is already an agreed point in the draft under negotiation between Armenia and Azerbaijan, according to which the parties cannot refer to their legislation to reject the implementation of any provision of the peace treaty. We reiterate that Armenia and Azerbaijan have already agreed on this point, and statements from official Baku contradict this agreement as well,” the statement said.