Poll: 59% of respondents believe that the Armenian authorities have no right to transfer Tigranashen to Azerbaijan

ArmInfo. 59% of Armenian citizens surveyed believe that Tigranashen is Armenian territory and that the Republic's authorities have no right to transfer it to Azerbaijan. This was announced by Aram Navasardyan, Director of MPG LLC (MPG), a full member of the international GALLUP association in Armenia, at a press conference in Yerevan on September 25, presenting the survey results.

The survey, as Navasardyan noted, was conducted via telephone calls to residents of the Republic of Armenia from September 22 to September 24; the sample size was 1,001 people.

The question recalled that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called Tigranashen by its Azerbaijani name, "Karki," and stated that "it is not the territory of Armenia." Furthermore, Pashinyan stated that it could be transferred to Azerbaijan as part of the border delimitation and demarcation process. "According to the survey results, 59% of respondents noted that Tigranashen is Armenian territory and that the Armenian authorities have no right to transfer it to Azerbaijan, while 21% believe that Tigranashen is of strategic importance to the country and that its transfer to Azerbaijan could lead to strategic and military threats. Only 6.4% noted that Tigranashen is not Armenian territory and should be transferred to Azerbaijan. 3.9% expressed other opinions, and 10.1% were undecided," Navasardyan noted.

As a reminder, after the elections, the Armenian prime minister claimed that the village was an alleged Azerbaijani enclave, referring to it by an Azerbaijani toponym. During a briefing on September 11, Pashinyan reiterated his assertions and noted that the village's fate would be determined during negotiations. According to him, anyone who says otherwise is provoking war.

The Armenian opposition and independent researchers are categorically against the surrender of the village. The crucial M-2 interstate highway, which connects Yerevan with the country's southern regions (Vayots Dzor, Syunik) and Iran, passes through Tigranashen. Transferring control of this point to Azerbaijan could block or critically complicate Armenia's strategic logistics.