Armenian Foreign Ministry: 8th meeting of state commissions on  delimitation of state border between Armenia, Azerbaijan was held

ArmInfo. On the border between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, chaired by  Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan and Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev, the eighth meeting of the Commission on State Border Delimitation and Border Security was held  on April 19.

According to the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry,  during the meeting the commissions agreed on the following:

"At the initial stage of the demarcation process, the Parties have  preliminarily agreed on separate sections of the border line,  directly between the settlements of  Baghanis (RA-Republic of  Armenia) - Baghanis Ayrum (AR-Azerbaijan Republic), Voskepar (RA) -  Ashagh Askipara (AR), Kirants (RA) - Khairemli (AR)  Berkaber (RA) -  Qizilhachili (AR) in order to conform to the legally established  inter-republican border existing at the time of the collapse of the  Soviet Union.

It was decided that the description of these sections of the border  line will be drawn up taking into account the clarification of  coordinates based on geodetic measurements on the ground, which will  be documented in the appropriate Protocol-description, which must be  agreed upon and signed by the Parties by May 15, 2024.

It was agreed,  that the Parties will contact their Governments to  take measures for the simultaneous and parallel deployment of their  border guard services on the agreed sections of the border line. They  also agreed that until the full completion of the delimitation  process, the sections of the border line specified in the Description  Protocol will be considered delimited.

In parallel, an agreement was reached to complete the work on  agreeing on the draft Regulations for joint activities of the  Commission on the Delimitation of the State Border and Border  Security between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the State Commission on  the Delimitation of the State Border between the Republic of  Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia by July 1, 2024 and to begin  the process of internal approvals and approval of the Regulations in  the manner and in accordance with the requirements of the legislation  of the states of the Parties' states

The Parties agreed that the delimitation process will be based on the  Alma-Ata Declaration of 1991. The Parties also agreed to fix this  basic principle in the draft Regulations (if in the future the  Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations  between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan is  established otherwise, the corresponding paragraph of the Regulations  will be brought into line with the principles established by this  Agreement).

It was agreed, after the approval of the Regulations by the Parties,  to agree on the sequence and continue the process of demarcation of  all remaining sections of the border, including issues related to  enclaves and exclaves.  Based on the results of the meeting, a  protocol was signed. The Parties have agreed to coordinate the date  and place of the next meeting in the regular course of work.