Nikol Pashinyan explains why Armenia should recognize territorial  integrity of Azerbaijan

ArmInfo. If Armenia does not recognize the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, then Azerbaijan  can do the same to Armenia. On May 24, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated  from the rostrum of the RA National Assembly.

According to him, this means that if Yerevan does not recognize 86.6  thousand square kilometers territory of Azerbaijan, the latter may  not recognize 29.8 thousand square kilometers of the territory of  Armenia.  Moreover, as Pashinyan noted, this conversation is taking  place in plain view of the international community. <When Azerbaijan  consistently attacks the territories of Armenia, about which we  inform our foreign partners, in response, Baku mentions the attacks  of the Armenian side on the territory of Azerbaijan>, the RA Prime  Minister noted.

He noted that there was and still is an opinion in society that in  the event of an attack by Azerbaijan on Armenia, the CSTO will help  Yerevan. <The organization itself says it will help by sending 30  strong observers. We have to make a decision here. We can declare  that we do not recognize the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan in  86.6 thousand square kilometers, and recognize in 45.6 thousand  square kilometers. In their turn, they will say that they know  Armenia not by the area of 29.8 thousand square kilometers, but by  8.8 thousand square kilometers.  Yes, I confirm that an agreement has  been reached in Brussels on the recognition of the territorial  integrity of Azerbaijan by Armenia on the territory of 86,6 thousand  square kilometers, expecting that Azerbaijan will do the same on the  territory of Armenia on 29,8 thousand square kilometers>, the head of  the Cabinet said. He noted that after the recognition of the Alamata  Declaration of 1991, the approval of the agreements reached in Prague  and Brussels, the third stage begins, according to which it is  necessary to decide on the maps. The Armenian side offers maps of the  Soviet Union, in particular maps of the USSR General Staff in 1975.  "It seems that this is gradually becoming not only our position, but  also finds understanding among our international partners," the RA  Prime Minister emphasized.