Tuesday, October 19 2021 13:59

ArmInfo. The information that the process of border demarcation between Armenia and Azerbaijan has begun is false. I advise you to follow the official information.  Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan told reporters on October 19 on  the sidelines of the 8th Armenian-Russian interregional forum,  commenting on the information of the Azerbaijani media that the Mount  Pela in Kapan came under the control of Azerbaijan as a result of  delimitation and demarcation of borders.

"At the moment, all documents are being studied, but at the level of  contacts there is no process of demarcation and delimitation," the  Deputy Prime Minister noted.

According to Grigoryan, before starting the process, it is necessary  to study the entire legal framework related to the borders, moreover,  the legal framework in which there is an agreement - the signature of  the two countries,  he stressed. "Only after that it will be possible  to talk about maps, since maps are just diagrams. Under the maps  there should be a legal basis on which we are working - we study,  generalize.  After the analysis, it will be possible to talk about  maps in order to implement any processes", he said.

At the same time, as the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized, there are  many problems that complicate the processes. "Taken separately, the  processes may have a certain logic of implementation, but the general  environment should be much more favorable," Grigoryan said,  referring, among other things, to the illegal invasion of the  Azerbaijani armed forces into Armenia in May 2021, as well as the  problem of non-return of Armenian prisoners of war by Azerbaijan.

It should be noted that on Saturday, MP from the Hayastan bloc Anna  Grigoryan announced that the Armenian authorities are going to  transfer Mount Pela under the full control of Azerbaijan, which will  make the residents of several villages in the Kapan region under the  direct sight of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. On October 18, head of  the Kapan community, Gevorg Parsyan, told the Armenian media that the  mountain completely came under the control of Azerbaijan, as a result  of which the road, which also served the residents of the adjacent  villages, was blocked. 

He also noted that the agreement on the delivery of the Mount was  reached in the winter of 2021, although even according to Google  maps, most of the height is located on the territory of the Republic  of Armenia. Nevertheless, the NSS of Armenia issued a statement in  which it refuted this information, stating that the Armenian border  guards continue to serve on Mount Pela. "In the area called the Mount  Pela in the Syunik region, there were no positional changes. The  border troops of the RA NSS continue to serve on this section of the  state border," the RA NSS reported.