Azerbaijan demanded an immediate return of 4 villages occupied by Armenia.
In the statement of the press service of the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, co-chair of the Demarration Commission of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border Shakhin Mustafaev, it is said that until now the parties under the commission have met 7 times. According to this information, at this stage, work is underway to create a regulatory framework for border demarcation.
“Recently, false messages have been published in the Armenian media, allegedly about the occupation of Azerbaijan 31 villages of Armenia.” Before determining the borders, it is completely unfounded to say that the lands belonging to Armenia are “occupied,” the statement of.
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The document says that “4 villages (Baganis-Aim, Lower Eskipara, Heimli and Kizilhajila) are under the occupation of Armenia and are not an exchanger, undoubtedly belong to Azerbaijan and should be immediately returned. The issue of returning 4-occupied Armenia of excellent villages (Upper Eskipara, Sofulu, Berchudarla and Kerki) will be resolved as part of the demarcation process. “
During the 1st Karabakh war, Armenia occupied 7 villages of the Gazakh district and 1 village of Nakhichevani, as well as Karabakh and neighboring areas. During the 2nd Karabakh war, Karabakh and neighboring regions were freed from the occupation, and 8 villages, 4 of which were excellent, remained under the control of Armenia.