U.S. Praises Armenia, Azerbaijan Over Border Deal
The United States has praised Armenia and Azerbaijan for their recent ratification of an agreement to regulate the process of border delimitation and demarcation between the two South Caucasus nations.
“The U.S. commends Armenia and Azerbaijan for formalizing the rules of procedure for border delimitation, demonstrating that progress is possible through sustained dialogue,” U.S. Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller wrote on X on October 31.
“We support both sides’ work towards a durable, dignified peace for security and prosperity in the region,” he added.
After bilateral talks on October 24 between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, the presidents of Armenia and then Azerbaijan signed decrees enacting the regulations of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border delimitation and demarcation commissions.
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated in parliament on Thursday that the parties will soon officially notify each other about the entry into force of the regulations.
The document outlines how the delineation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border should be carried out. It states that the process will be based, unless otherwise agreed, on the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration, in which newly independent ex-Soviet republics recognized each other’s Soviet-era borders. However, the regulations do not reference any specific maps.
Armenia’s opposition has claimed that the ratification of the regulations goes against the country’s national interests.
On September 26, the Constitutional Court of Armenia confirmed the constitutionality of the regulations.
