Pashinyan inks declaration with EU on recognition of Azerbaijan’s borders, including Karabakh

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has signed a declaration at a meeting with the EU, Germany and France on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Granada (Spain), in which he recognized the area of Azerbaijan as 86,600 square kilometers, which includes Karabakh, Report informs with reference to TASS citing the text of the declaration distributed by the Council of the EU.

The parties remain committed to all efforts aimed at normalizing relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, based on mutual recognition of the sovereignty, inviolability of borders and territorial integrity of Armenia (29,800 sq. km) and Azerbaijan (86,600 sq. km), which was already mentioned in the statements of President of the European Council Charles Michel dated May 14 and 15, 2023, the document says.

Earlier, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev refused to participate in the meeting.