YEREVAN, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS.  The authorities of Armenia are not negotiating with Azerbaijan regarding the handing over of villages from the Tavush Province, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said at the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly.

"No official of the Republic of Armenia has the right to conduct negotiations regarding the handing over of any village, not only in the Tavush province but also in any other province of Armenian territory," emphasized Mirzoyan.

"No one can hand over villages from Tavush province to any other country," said Mirzoyan.

"This is an axiomatic truth. There are guarantees within which the legal mechanisms operate. Therefore, we are not conducting negotiations on the handover of Tavush villages," said the Armenian Foreign Minister.