When the regulation between the Armenian and Azerbaijani commissions on border issues was signed and then ratified by the National Assembly of Armenia, it contained a provision that the two parties would continue their border delimitation process on the basis of the Alma-Ata Declaration, unless the parties agree otherwise in the treaty on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between them. Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated this during Monday’s debates on the draft law “On the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia for 2026” in the National Assembly.

“You may recall that they were saying: ‘here, in this treaty they would agree on something entirely different and that the Alma-Ata is just an illusion.’ As I already had the opportunity to note today, the peace treaty clearly reaffirms both the Alma-Ata Declaration and the provision that the parties will continue the border delimitation in accordance with the already ratified regulation. In essence, we can consider this matter settled also. The process continues, co-chaired on our side by Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan,” stated the Armenian foreign minister.