ArmInfo.The current government of Armenia keeps secret from its own people how many square kilometers
of territory have been transferred to Azerbaijan. This was stated by deputy of the Hayastan faction Artur Khachatryan on July 12 in the National Assembly.
The day before, at an extraordinary meeting of parliament, addressing
the head of the Cadastre Committee Suren Tovmasyan, the deputy asked
how many kilometers of territory were transferred to Azerbaijan in
Tavush and after the withdrawal of troops from the village of
Shurnukh in Syunik <due to a cadastral error>. The head of the
Cadastre retorted, pointing out that "the territories were not
surrendered to the Turks." <When strengthening the state border, it
became known that state registration of rights (to property) was
carried out on the basis of incomplete legal documents - these are
decisions of the head of the community and cadastral maps. The
decisions of the head of the community will be assessed by law
enforcement," he concluded.
NA Speaker Alen Simonyan hastily answered for Tovlasyan, pointing out
that "for the thousandth time I am forced to repeat: Not a centimeter
of the ancestral territory of Armenia was surrendered to anyone." "As
for the territories mentioned by Khachatryan, a house, a kiosk, a
small barn, and perhaps one more unfinished building were transferred
there (to Azerbaijan)," Simonyan assured. The main thing, the NA
speaker emphasized, is that there is hope for establishing peace with
Azerbaijan.
"If it weren't a secret (the area of the territories), then today
they (the authorities) would stand up and say how much was handed
over," Arthur Khachatryan decisively stated today.
The opposition and, in particular, the Tavush for the Motherland
movement accuse the RA authorities of unilateral concessions and the
surrender of strategically important territories of the country.
Thus, according to the protocol-description of the commission on
delimitation and demarcation of borders, in the area of the village
of Kirants, Tavush region of the Republic of Armenia, two houses, a
bridge, a section of the interstate road to Georgia and about 50 land
plots go to Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, as legal scholars stated, the
villagers have cadastral certificates, which means that these
territories belong to the Republic of Armenia.
On May 20, the RA Ministry of Justice stated that cadastral
certificates for real estate were issued to residents of the Tavush
village of Kirants in the past by mistake.
