Draft schedule of delimitation of Armenia-Azerbaijan border  unconstitutional - opposition 

ArmInfo. The draft schedule of the delimitation and demarcation of the borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan submitted for ratification to the National Assembly of Armenia is completely unconstitutional.

This was stated by Armen Rustamyan, a member of parliament from the opposition faction "Armenia", at the plenary session of the National Assembly on October 22. 

According to him, the regulation in no way meets the state interests  of the country. "The discussions held the day before in the NA  Committee on International Relations once again convinced us that the  submitted draft law is illegal, especially since no full-fledged  answer was given to the questions raised. All the answers were  evasive, but the questions continue to "hang in the air", and I  believe that the people understand perfectly well what is at stake,"  the oppositionist said, pointing to the fact that there is no similar  process in Azerbaijan itself, which in itself is nonsense.

Rustamyan reminded that the regulations must be ratified  simultaneously, but the situation shows that Baku will not take this  step, or ratify it with reservations unacceptable to the Armenian  side, which carries risks for Armenia. For this reason, the MP  emphasized, the faction will not take part in the discussions and  voting on the document submitted by the RA government. 

On August 30, Yerevan and Baku signed a regulation on the joint  activities of the commissions for delimitation and demarcation of the  state border. The regulations were adopted by the Armenian government  at a meeting on September 5. In particular, they provide for the  organization of delimitation work, the adoption of relevant  documents, the preparation of a protocol-description of the crossing  of the state border, the preparation of a delimitation map of the  appropriate scale, as well as the work of expert groups. It is also  noted that the regulations and documents that will be adopted on its  basis will supplement the legal basis for ensuring the full course of  delimitation work. The regulations provide for the regulation of  procedural issues between the two countries after the signing of the  state border treaty. On September 26, the Constitutional Court  recognized the regulations as consistent with the Constitution.