Armenia doesn’t seek to militarily return territories occupied by Azerbaijan

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says Armenia doesn’t seek to militarily return parts of its territory that have been occupied by Azerbaijan. He said that the territories could be returned through negotiations in the context of the recently signed border commission regulation. 

Pashinyan, speaking at the Global Armenian Summit, dismissed Azeri allegations that Yerevan doesn’t want peace and that’s why it is buying weapons. The PM stressed that the UN Charter allows every country to take necessary measures for self-defense.

“I repeat, the Republic of Armenia recognizes the territorial integrity of all countries in the region, Armenia does not have territorial claims against any country,” Pashinyan said. 

“Indeed, some of our territories are occupied, more than 200 square kilometers, but I would like to say that the government of Armenia doesn’t have an objective of returning those territories militarily, because we believe that the regulation signed with Azerbaijan regarding the joint activity of the border delimitation commission allows us, and makes it possible, to return those territories through negotiations during the delimitation process,” Pashinyan said.