Tuesday, July 18 2023 20:15

ArmInfo.The UN does not have any tools for recognizing borders.  On July 18, First Human Rights  Defender of Armenia Larisa Alaverdyan stated during a rally in support of Artsakh near the French Embassy.

In this regard, she drew attention to the fact that the recognition  of Azerbaijan itself was solely due to false political agreements.  "Not a single lawyer can refute my words, there is not a single legal  justification for the so-called Republic of Azerbaijan to be  recognized today," the human rights activist stressed.

She assured that there is not a single international legal document  that would indicate the Soviet borders of states. <Tell this nonsense  to your illiterate masses>,  she said. In this regard, Alaverdyan  turned to the Alma-Ata Declaration, which is constantly cited as  confirmation that Armenia recognized Azerbaijan in accordance with  the borders of the Soviet period. <That's a lie! This declaration  does not indicate the Soviet borders, but clearly says "existing  borders",  the former Ombudswoman emphasized.

She recalled that in December 1991, a referendum was held in Artsakh,  after which the Republic declared its independence. Azerbaijan did  not hold referendums in accordance with the Law of the USSR. 

"Azerbaijan joined and left the USSR illegally," the human rights  activist stressed.

Stating that Azerbaijan in tandem with Turkey poses a threat not only  to the South Caucasus region, Larisa Alaverdyan assured that the  latter's appetite to see the world as Turkish will not be limited to  Armenia and Artsakh.

Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh,  Sergey Ghazaryan, in an interview in April this year, stated that the  Alma-Ata Declaration was never considered as a political and legal  basis for the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict or for  determining the status of Artsakh.  At the same time, Armenian Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan, also in April of this year, from the  rostrum of the parliament, announced the readiness of the Republic of  Armenia to recognize the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan in  accordance with the Alma-Ata Declaration. At the same time, he noted  that when signing this declaration, Armenia did not make any  reservations, and, therefore, there is no possibility to keep Artsakh  as Armenian.  We add that the Alma-Ata Declaration states that  countries join the document within the borders that existed at that  time. That is, a priori, Azerbaijan, which signed the document only  in 1993, joined it without Artsakh.