Last week was very tense on the eastern and southeastern borders of Armenia. After the success of the Artsakh war, Baku, under the influence of euphoric moods, tried to invade the borders of the Republic of Armenia, violating the internationally recognized territorial integrity of our country near Sev Lake (Black Lake) in Syunik province, and near Verin Shorzha and Kut settlements in Gegharkunik.
Armenia applied to the CSTO, the security alliance of which we are a part. The USA, France, the EU and Canada referred to the issue. Washington called Azerbaijan’s action a provocation, and Paris offered to move the issue of border tensions to the UN Security Council and, if necessary, to provide military assistance to Armenia under a UN mandate.
Baku is trying to present some territories of Armenia as Azerbaijani, citing fake maps as evidence. The Armenian side presents undeniable facts, documents and maps, where it is the official confirmation of Baku that the lands under negotiation today are Armenian and within the borders of Armenia.
The representative of the Ministry of Defense has been publishing topographic maps yet since the Soviet years.
The demarcation processes by all the authorized bodies of Armenia and Azerbaijan between the borders of Soviet Armenia and Azerbaijan in 1929 are described in the protocol and have clear coordinates.
The Armenian-Azerbaijani red line established in 1929 was once again fixed in 1969-1970. The state borders are sealed and signed. Signed by the representative of Armenia, from Azerbaijan by Shukyorov, approved by the Transcaucasian Executive Committee. A few more maps from 1973, 1976. Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani side, with a painted map in hand, came and said that Sev Lake (Black Lake) was on the Azerbaijani side.
In order to demarcate the border, the two states must first choose a map, at what peak, at what points the borders pass.
The topographic maps in our country, which are also in Azerbaijan, prove that the first demarcation in that area was made in 1929, and since then the border of the Sev Lake has not changed.
Another important fact is that in Azerbaijan, which probably loves drawing maps, they have forgotten, that the Tsitsernakar of Syunik, which says Gisele Tepe in the maps of the Soviet years, is in the Armenian version of Tsitsernakar in the map they brought.
Despite the undeniable evidence of the Armenian side, the Azerbaijani side still persists in trying to present the Armenian as Azerbaijani.
Yerevan’s position is clear and unchanged. The territory is Armenian, the solution of the problem is peaceful.
