Delimitation complicated process to be continues - RA premier 

ArmInfo. I have no secrets from our people and society, but there are diplomatic nuances I must adhere to, and all possible issues have been discussed. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in an interview with OTV, responding to a question about whether at least an approximate timeline for signing a peace agreement and liberating the occupied territories of the sovereign Republic of Armenia had been agreed upon during his meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Abu  Dhabi.

"I want to settle the issue of the occupied territories once and for  all. We have already discussed this, and we already have a document  with supreme legal force in both countries. These issues will be  resolved during the delimitation process," he said.

Furthermore, Pashinyan continued, the TRIP agreement includes an  additional detail regarding delimitation and communications, as the  border is long, and delimitation will take quite a long time.  "Delimitation is a very, very detailed and complex process, and it is  ongoing and will continue," he emphasized.

Regarding communications, the prime minister stated, the parties  understand that the delimitation process needs to be organized  somewhat differently. "In areas where a railway, pipeline, or power  line is to run, in that section, say, 500 meters wide, we must first  delimit, demarcate at least one and a half kilometers, so that  neither side has any doubts, define the border with millimeter  accuracy, and only then resolve issues related to communications," he  said.

"Naturally, we also discussed issues related to the signing of the  peace agreement and the further institutionalization of peace,"  Pashinyan concluded, without specifying a timeframe for the  document's signing.

According to the Armenian side, as a result of armed aggression by  the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in May, November 2021, and September  2022, approximately 200 square kilometers of the sovereign territory  of the Republic of Armenia remain under occupation.

As a reminder, back in November 2023, Armenian Foreign Minister  Ararat Mirzoyan stated that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces controlled  approximately 200 square kilometers of Armenian territory. 

According to independent experts, during the 2021-2022 invasions  alone, Azerbaijan occupied approximately 210 square kilometers of  Armenian territory in Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor, and Syunik.   Azerbaijan has also controlled an additional 70-80 square kilometers  in Tavush and the Nakhichevan direction (Ararat, Vayots Dzor, and  Syunik regions) since the 1990s.