Ani Badalyan, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson referred to the latest announcement by Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, in which it said “Pashinyan's statement that Azerbaijan has occupied the territories of 31 villages of Armenia is "political manipulation”. Armenia’s Prime Minister, in particular, said: “Official Baku is trying to formulate this event [February 13 provocations at Armenia-Azrebaijan order] in a way so that the Azeri troops won’t anyhow pull back from the territories of the 31 villages in Armenia”.
Badalyan, in particular said in a response:
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan made a comment regarding the speech made by the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan during the Government session on February 15, in relation to which we would like to remind that on 6 October 2022 in Prague Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed in written form that they recognize each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty based on 1991 Alma-Ata declaration and that the Alma-Ata declaration will be the political basis for the process of demarcation.
We suggest Azerbaijan accelerate the delimitation process based on this agreement, and we reiterate the willingness of the Republic of Armenia".
