The Armenian parliament on Wednesday ratified the regulation on the joint activities of the State Border Delimitation and Border Security Commission between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the State Commission for State Border Delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in his address at the BRICS summit Thursday in Kazan, Russia.

"After the entry into force of the mentioned document in both countries, we will be able to intensify the process of delimitation of the state border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, based on the fundamental principles of the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1991.

I would especially like to emphasize that the decision of the Constitutional Court of Armenia regarding this document dispelled, once and for all, all concerns, and removed all arguments regarding the existence of alleged territorial claims to neighboring countries in the Constitution of Armenia, recording that such interpretations are baseless and illegitimate.

Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have repeatedly announced in recent months that the draft of the agreement on establishing peace and state relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been agreed upon by at least 80 to 90 percent.

Wording regarding mutual recognition of each other's territorial integrity, absence of mutual territorial claims and obligations not to present such claims in the future, observance of the principle of non-use of force and threat of force, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, establishment of diplomatic relations, and establishment of bilateral mechanisms for fulfilling the obligations undertaken by the [two] parties have already been fully agreed upon.

Already today, with the agreed content, the draft of the agreement formulates, addresses, and resolves all the fundamental issues which are necessary to create a solid foundation for peace and normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

We invite Azerbaijan to sign this agreement," Pashinyan said.