Armenia, Azerbaijan finalize joint activities framework for border delimitation commissions

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YEREVAN, August 30. /ARKA/. In accordance with the protocol signed on April 19, 2024, during the 8th meeting of the Border Delimitation and Security Commission between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan, both commissions have completed the work on agreeing upon the Regulation for Joint Activities. This was reported by the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday./pp

On August 30, 2024, the Regulation for Joint Activities of the Commissions was officially signed. The Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan have now commenced internal state procedures, the statement said./pp

On April 19, the commissions for border delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan preliminarily agreed on the alignment of specific segments of the border line in the Tavush region to bring them in accordance with the legally justified inter-republican boundary that existed at the time of the Soviet Union's dissolution. The relevant protocol was signed on May 15./pp

Starting May 24, the border troops of Armenia's National Security Service (NSS) officially assumed responsibility for guarding 1.9 km of the border in the Berkaber section, 4.9 km in the Voskepar and Baghanis sections of the state border in the Tavush region. In the Kiran section, the 5.8 km of the border will be guarded under a transitional scheme until July 24, 2024./pp

The sides have agreed that the delimitation process will be based on the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1991, and this fundamental principle will be enshrined in the draft Regulation for Joint Activities of the commissions. This document was signed on August 30./pp br/p