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Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Edward Asryan, reaffirmed that Armenia will not cede any territory from its declared 29,743 square kilometers during the ongoing border delimitation process with Azerbaijan.
He told reporters that the delimitation of the Armenia–Azerbaijan border is based on a specific map, which serves as the foundation for ongoing work in this direction.
“The delimitation process has a basis, and that basis is the map of a specific year,” he said when asked whether there are cases where he personally has disagreements in the process. “The General Staff also possesses this map, and we carry out our work in accordance with its requirements. There is also a representative of the Armed Forces in the delimitation commission who is very well versed in military cartography and fully familiar with all the requirements of that map,” Lt. Gen. Asryan explained, ruling out any disagreements on his part, since delimitation is being carried out along the state border of Armenia’s sovereign territory.
He reiterated that not an inch will be ceded from the declared 29,743 square kilometers of Armenia’s territory.
Referring to Armenian sovereign territories currently under Azerbaijani occupation following the incursions of 2021–2022, Asryan stressed that Armenia shall re-establish control over these areas as a result of the delimitation process.