Rejecting the Alma-Ata Declaration is a Rejection of Our 'Cadastral Certificate,' Says Prime Minister

The 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration is considered the 'cadastral certificate' of the Republic of Armenia. This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a Q&A session with the government in the National Assembly.

'We were criticized for referencing the Alma-Ata Declaration. However, it is our conviction that rejecting the Alma-Ata Declaration means rejecting our cadastral certificate,' said Nikol Pashinyan.

According to Pashinyan, Armenia's 29,800 square kilometers is the next reference to this 'certificate,' which Armenia must fulfill and bring to a complete and comprehensive state. 'We are told that we haven’t had a cadastral certificate for thousands of years; why is it that we still don't have one now? We do not agree with that; we say we must also fulfill the next point and resolve the issue of the map definitively,' he emphasized.

He noted that the principle of inviolability of the borders established in the Alma-Ata Declaration has always been perceived negatively, and his government is criticized and deemed pro-Azerbaijani because they assert that the other side of the border cannot be violated either.