BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 19. Baku and Yerevan have reached a preliminary agreement on the Issue of four villages in Azerbaijan's Gazakh district, Trend reports.
The relevant agreement was reached during the eighth meeting of the State Commission on the Delimitation of the State Border between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia and the Commission on the Delimitation of the State Border and Border Security between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan.
"At the initial stage of the delimitation process, the Parties preliminarily agreed on the passage of separate segments of the border line directly between the residential areas of Baganis (RA) - Baganys Ayrim (AR), Voskepar (RA) - Ashagy Askipara (AR), Kirants (RA) – Kheyrimli (AR), and Berkaber (RA) - Gyzylhajily (AR), with an aim of aligning them in accordance with the legally justified inter-republican border that existed within the framework of the Soviet Union at the time of its dissolution," the document says.
The parties decided that the description of these segments of the borderline will be drawn up taking into account the clarification of coordinates based on geodetic measurements on the ground, which will be formalized by an appropriate Protocol description, which must be agreed and signed by the parties by May 15, 2024.
Without a single shot fired, without any bloodshed, the return of the non-enclave villages of the Gazakh district, which were previously under the occupation of Armenia, to Azerbaijan's control has been ensured - this is another victory for President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
Today's decision is the logical outcome of the consistent, years-long policy of President Ilham Aliyev aimed at restoring the sovereignty of Azerbaijan across its entire territory.