Pashinyan: If our enclaves are not ceded to Azerbaijan, war will begin

If the problem with the Armenian enclaves, which are under the control of Azerbaijan, is not solved, a war may begin. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in Parliament today, August 25.

"The territory of Armenia is 29,743 square kilometers, it includes our exclave (Artsvashen), and the enclaves of Azerbaijan are not included. And this is expressed by those maps that reflect the situation according to the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1991. Now to say that this is not the case means to say that the sovereign internationally recognized territory of Armenia is not 29 thousand 743 square kilometers. This means a declaration of war," Pashinyan said in parliament.

Previously in Yerevan was told that the territories of 31 villages that were part of the Armenian SSR are under the control of Azerbaijan. The Armenian opposition considers the transfer of enclaves to Baku unacceptable, since, in particular, the road connecting Armenia with Iran passes through one of the former Azerbaijani enclaves — the village of Tigranashen (Karki) in the Ararat region, and through the former enclaves in There is a highway leading to the Georgian border in Tavush region.

On August 20, Pashinyan stated that the village of Tigranashen is not the territory of the country according to maps. And he himself is already pronouncing Kyarki — the Azerbaijani name of the village of Tigranashen — in order to exclude all possibilities of escalation.

"Now there is no longer a single point around which it would be possible to escalate, provoke and destroy peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. How and under what scenario it will be solved is a completely different question, because we see our own problems, and Azerbaijan has the same problems. We have to look at whether we create problems for each other or solve problems," Pashinyan said.