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Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Armenia (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-11-07): In my opinion, there are two more reasons that hinder the peace process but that have not been disclosed by Azerbaijan yet. The fifth reason is still the issue of territorial integrity. Currently eight Azerbaijani villages (Baganis Ayrim, Upper Askipara, Lower Askipara, Kheyrimli, Gizilhajili, Sofulu, Barkhudarli and Karki) are under Armenian occupation and one Armenian exclave (Bashkend/Artsvashen) is under Azerbaijani occupation. In addition, Armenia claims that Azerbaijan occupied 200 square kilometers of Armenian territory in 2021. Azerbaijan first of all demands Armenia to agree on border delimitation and return the occupied villages. Pashinyan raised the option of returning the occupied villages on both sides – i.e., a land swap – after the 2020 war. However, he later changed his position and proposed to maintain the present state of affairs. Speaking about returning the territories demanded by Azerbaijan, Pashinyan recently said that Azerbaijan occupied four more Armenian villages: Berkaber (Bibish), Vazashen (Lelekend), Paravakar (Tatli) and Aygehovit (Uzuntala). Interestingly, it was the first time that these villages have been mentioned by an Armenian official. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has denied the allegations made by the Armenian prime minister.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Armenia (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-19): According to him, on this day, Azerbaijan established its sovereignty over its entire internationally recognized territory for the first time since 1918. Regarding the exclaves (the villages of Kyarki, Barkhudarli-Sofulu, Yukhari-Askipara) under Armenian control, they will be returned through negotiations. [...] According to the conflictologist, the issue of Zangazur has become prominent due to the dispute between Moscow and Yerevan over control of the communications connecting Azerbaijan with its exclave, Nakhchivan. According to a trilateral statement dated November 10, the Armenian side committed to opening communications between Azerbaijan and its exclave, Nakhchivan. Armenia is resisting this, causing the resolution of this issue to be delayed. Consequently, the Azerbaijani side presents an ultimatum—if you do not want to restore communications, we will do it ourselves. Corresponding statements have been made regarding this matter. Following this, both Armenia itself and pro-Armenian circles abroad have raised issues aimed at discrediting Azerbaijan and gaining supporters, creating an anti-Azerbaijani coalition, stirring up a fuss by claiming that Azerbaijan intends to occupy Armenia's sovereign territory. However, in reality, Azerbaijan harbors no annexationist plans.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Armenia (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-28): Azerbaijan has eight enclave villages on the territory of Armenia – Yukhari Askipara, Ashaghi Askipara, Barkhudarli, Sofulu, Baghanis Ayrim, Gizilhajili, and Khairimli of the Gazakh region, as well as the village of Karki in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The first four of them are considered non-enclave villages by the Azerbaijani side because these villages are located on territory adjacent to Azerbaijan, on the border with Armenia. The rest are completely surrounded by Armenian territory. [...] If this issue is to be resolved within the framework of territorial exchange, which is quite possible, it cannot be implemented without constitutional reform. Because both the Azerbaijani constitution and the Armenian constitution imply the possibility of territorial change only through a referendum. Therefore, I think this is a question that can be addressed at the very end," says Jafarli. [...] The same goes for Azerbaijani villages inside Armenia. Yes, they are close to our border, about 5-15 kilometers away. But in any case, we would have to travel through these 5-15 kilometers through Armenia and provide residents with food, banking services, communication services, gas, electricity, and water. This seems very difficult or even impossible," says Natig Jafarli.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Armenia (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-12-13): An exchange of detained servicemen between Azerbaijan and Armenia took place in the direction of Bala Jafarli village of Gazakh district on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border, Azernews reports. The exchange took place at ground zero of the Azerbaijani state border near the village of Balajafarli in Gazakh district, on the highway formerly known as Gazakh-Ijevan. Representatives of the State Border Service reported that this road leads to the Azerbaijani villages of Soflu and Barkhudarli, which are Azerbaijani exclaves on Armenian territory. Another Azerbaijani exclave, the village of Yukhary Eskipara, is located to the right of the exchange site, again on Armenian territory, and there are seven villages in total.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Armenia (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-01-12): Submitted by christian on Wed, 12/01/2021 - 14:57 - Abkhazia: Republic of Abkhazia and Georgia - Aegean dispute, Imia/Kardak: Greece and Turkey - Artsyashen exclave of Gegharkunik province, de jure part of Armenia; Karki exclave of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, Yukhari Askipara and Barkhudarli both exclaves of Qazakh Rayon de jure part of Azerbaijan; Yuradullu is controlled by Azerbaijan along with occupying the much marger de jure Armenian territory surrounding it: Armenia and Azerbaijan - Border’ checkpoint near Strovilia: United Kingdom and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus - Carlingford Lough and Lough Foyle boundary dispute: Ireland and United Kingdom - Crimea: Russia and Ukraine - Croatia-Serbia border dispute: Croatia and Serbia - Croatia-Slovenia border disputes: Croatia and Slovenia - David Gareja monastery complex boundary dispute: Georgia and Azerbaijan - Dollart bay: Germany and Netherlands - Gibraltar: United Kingdom and Spain - Gulf of Piran: Slovenia and Croatia - Island of Vukovar: Croatia and Serbia - Kokkina/Erenköy exclave: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and Cyprus - Kosovo: Republic of Kosovo and Serbia - Lake Constance: Germany, Austria, Switzerland - Military complex near Sveta Gera: Slovenia and Croatia - Moldovan-controlled area of Dubasari district: Moldova and Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic - Mont Blanc summit
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Armenia (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-01-01): Gazax is a city in and the capital of the Gazakh District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 95,800 (01.01.2023). Gazakh is a city and administrative district in the west of Azerbaijan, the "western gate" of Azerbaijan. Gazakh district - after the territorial claims of Armenia against Azerbaijan, Armenian Armed Forces attacked all the districts of Azerbaijan on the border with Armenia. Since March, 1990, Armenian armed troops had fired upon the border villages of Gazakh district. At first they invaded Baghanis Ayrim village located on the Ijevan-Noyemberyan highway. In April, 1992, the Armenians occupied Barkhudarli and Sofulu villages of Gazakh district. Afterwards the Armenians occupied four more villages of Gazakh district – Ashaghi Askipara, Kheyrimli, Gizilhajili, Yukhari Askipara villages. On may 24, 2024, the State Border Service of Azerbaijan took under control the liberated villages of Baghanis Ayrim, Ashaghi Askipara, Kheyrimli and Gizilhajili of the Gazakh district. [...] An elementary school, a hospital, a house of culture, 2 libraries with holdings containing 16830 books were demolished in Ashaghi Askipara village. A library with holdings containing 8512 books in Kheyrimli village, a library with holdings containing 10335 books in Gizilhajili village, a library with holdings containing 14829 books in Sofulu village, and a library with holdings containing 16105 books in Barkhudarli village, also public catering establishments, schools, and hospitals were razed to the ground.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-02-14): Barkhudarly (Azerbaijani: Barxudarlı; Armenian: Բարխուդարլու, romanized: Barkhudarlu) is an abandoned Azerbaijani village in the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan, under the de facto control of Armenia. Along with the similarly abandoned village of Sofulu, Barxudarlı forms a 22 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi) exclave of Azerbaijan surrounded by Armenia's Tavush Province. History [edit]Following a four-day siege, the village was captured by the Armenian Armed Forces on 27 April 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[1] The exclave has been under the control of Armenia ever since and is administered as part of the surrounding Tavush Province.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): The territory of what is now Azerbaijan was first ruled by Caucasian Albania and later various Persian empires. Until the 19th century, it remained part of Qajar Iran, but the Russo-Persian wars of 1804–1813 and 1826–1828 forced the Qajar Empire to cede its Caucasian territories to the Russian Empire; the treaties of Gulistan in 1813 and Turkmenchay in 1828 defined the border between Russia and Iran.[10][11] The region north of the Aras was part of Iran until it was conquered by Russia in the 19th century,[12][13] where it was administered as part of the Caucasus Viceroyalty. [...] Azerbaijan is home to a wide variety of landscapes. Over half of the land consists of mountain ridges, crests, highlands, and plateaus which rise up to levels of 400–1,000 meters (including the middle and lower lowlands), in some places (Talis, Jeyranchol-Ajinohur and Langabiz-Alat foreranges) up to 100–120 meters, and others from 0–50 meters and up (Qobustan, Absheron). The rest of Azerbaijan's terrain consists of plains and lowlands. Elevations within the Caucasus region vary from about −28 meters at the Caspian Sea shoreline up to 4,466 meters (Bazardüzü peak).[134] [...] - ^ "Rəhbərlik". ibar.az (in Azerbaijani). International Bank of Azerbaijan.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-12): The third invasion of territories of Azerbaijan by Mongolians is associated with the name of Hulagu khan. After his brother Möngke's accession as Great Khan in 1251. The state established in the areas of modern Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and parts of modern Iraq, Syria, Armenia, Georgia, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, was an attempt to repair of the damage of the previous Mongol invasions.[119] [...] - ^ "BĀBAK ḴORRAMI – Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2020-09-09. [...] - ^ Aliyarli, Suleyman (2009). History of Azerbaijan. Chirag. p. 209.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Azerbaijan, landlocked country of eastern Transcaucasia. Occupying an area that fringes the southern flanks of the Caucasus Mountains, it is bounded on the north by Russia, on the east by the Caspian Sea, on the south by Iran, on the west by Armenia, and on the northwest by Georgia. The exclave of Naxçıvan (Nakhichevan) is located southwest of Azerbaijan proper, bounded by Armenia, Iran, and Turkey. Azerbaijan includes within its borders the predominantly Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, which from 1988 was the focus of intense conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The capital of Azerbaijan is the ancient city of Baku (Bakı), whose harbor is the best on the Caspian Sea. [...] The highest peaks are Bazardyuzyu (Bazardüzü; 14,652 feet [4,466 meters]), Shakhdag, and Tufan, all part of the Greater Caucasus range, the crest of which forms part of Azerbaijan’s northern boundary. Magnificent spurs and ridges, cut into by the deep gorges of mountain streams, make this part of Azerbaijan a region of great natural beauty. At the same time, it lies within a region characterized by a high degree of seismic activity.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
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Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-16): Azerbaijan is a country in the Caucasus region, situated at the juncture of Eastern Europe and West Asia. Three physical features dominate Azerbaijan: the Caspian Sea, whose shoreline forms a natural boundary to the east; the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north; and the extensive flatlands at the country's center.[1] About the size of Portugal or the US state of Maine, Azerbaijan has a total land area of approximately 86,600 km2, less than 1% of the land area of the former Soviet Union.[1] Of the three Transcaucasian states, Azerbaijan has the greatest land area.[1] Special administrative subdivisions are the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, which is separated from the rest of Azerbaijan by a strip of Armenian territory, and the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, entirely within Azerbaijan.[1] The status of Nagorno-Karabakh is disputed by Armenia, but is internationally recognized as territory of Azerbaijan.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Fizuli region covers the territory from the south-eastern slopes of Karabakh Mountain range to Araz River.The region borders on Jabrayil in the south-west, Khojavend and Aghjabadi regions in the north, , Beylagan in the east and south, Iran along the Araz River in the west. The Guruchay, Kondelenchay, Gozlucay, Chereken Rivers flowing through the region are the Araz basin rivers. [...] Fizuli region was occupied by the armed forces of Armenia on August 23, 1993. Owing to successful military operation held in the region in1994, 13 settlements out of 82 were liberated from the occupation and today 65.962 residents from Fizuli live in their homelands. 55.038 IDPs (internally displaced persons) have settled in Baku and other 50 cities and regions of Azerbaijan. In the occupied territories the Armenians have not only carried out environmental terrorism but also savagely and barbarously destroyed the cemetry related to XII century, Mirali tomb and Jalil tomb of the XVII century,the mosque, Imamzada mausoleum built in 1684, old bridges.As a result of the Karabakh War more than 1,100 inhabitants of Fizuli became martyrs, 1,550 people obtained disablement, 181 people are missing, 36.361 children suffered from the Armenian aggression, 155 out of them became orphan. 8 people have been awarded the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Karabakh is one of the ancient historical regions of Azerbaijan. The name Karabakh is a combination of the words "gara" (black, big) and "bagh" (garden, land). The word "Karabakh" as a name given by Azerbaijani people to their land first appeared in primary sources of the 7th century. [...] Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region of Azerbaijan [...] On 10 November, the President of Azerbaijan, the Prime Minister of Armenia and the President of Russia signed a statement declaring a complete ceasefire and end to all military operations in the conflict zone. In accord with the statement, Aghdam region was handed back to Azerbaijan on 20 November, Kelbajar region on 25 November and Lachin region on 1 December. The Gazakh region villages Baghanis Ayrim, Kheyrimli, Sofulu, Barkhudarli, Yukhari Askipara, Gizil Hajili and Ashaghi Askipara, as well as Kerki village in the Sadarak region of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, will also be liberated from Armenian occupation. After the cessation of hostilities on 10 November 2020, Azerbaijan's sovereignty was established over other cities, settlements and villages in Karabakh, and the territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan was restored. Karabakh is Azerbaijan!
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-09-28): The territory is recognised internationally as part of Azerbaijan but large areas of it have been controlled by ethnic Armenians for three decades. [...] The territory lies in the mountainous South Caucasus region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. [...] Nagorno-Karabakh's regional parliament voted to become part of Armenia when the Soviet Union began to collapse in the late 1980s.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-04): Following this development, attention will now shift to the fate of the four Azerbaijani exclave villages—Karki, Sofulu, Barkhudarli, and Yukhari Askipara—that remain under Armenian control, as well as the Armenian exclave village of Artsvashen (also known as Bashkend) inside Azerbaijan. In this context, the question of a possible land swap is likely to be raised, both in negotiations and in the public domain. [...] And yet, a land swap involving only the exclaves is practically impossible, given that the economic and strategic importance of Azerbaijani exclaves within Armenia is far greater than that of the Armenian exclave within Azerbaijan. Most of Armenia’s domestic and international passenger and freight transport is conducted through motorways that pass through or near these exclaves, including M2/E117, the country’s strategic north-south highway and principal trade route with Iran. The M16/H26 highway, a major route between Yerevan and Tbilisi, crisscrosses territories of the partly delineated Azerbaijani border villages of Kheyrimli and Ashagi Askipara and passes close to the exclave of Yukhari Askipara. Even the heavy floods in northeastern Armenia that took place on 26 May 2024, as this brief was being drafted, exposed Armenia’s dependence on motorways passing through or near the Azerbaijani exclaves. To wit: the alternative route between Yerevan and the town of Noyemberyan that was announced by the Armenian authorities to circumvent flood-affected areas passed through the territory of the occupied Sofulu-Barkhudarli exclave, as well as segments of the M16/H26 highway crisscrossing the de jure Azerbaijani territories.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-30): Soviet Azerbaijan had three exclaves (containing four villages) inside Armenia: Kyarki, Yukhari/Upper Askipara, and Barkhudarli, and Sofulu. The latter two formed a single enclave. [...] Barkhudarli and Sofulu, forming a single enclave, are located on the main highway connecting Ijevan, the regional center, with the town of Berd and a number of nearby villages. As with the two previous cases, there is an alternative, but significantly more mountainous road connecting Ijevan and Berd. The three Azerbaijani enclaves inside Armenia have a total area of around 44 km2 according to Armenian fact-checkers and an Azerbaijani researcher, with Yukhari Askipara at 25.4–25.5 km2, Barkudarlu & Sofulu at 10.1 km2, and Kyarki at 8.3–8.4 km2. This compares to 38 or 40 km2 for Artsvashen.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-14): By Eurasianet (Eurasianet) — Azerbaijan’s president doubled down on his country’s right to sovereignty over a handful of territories that belonged to Soviet Azerbaijani but have been under Armenian control for more than 30 years. [...] There are seven such villages in northwestern Gazakh district. Four of the seven villages – Baghanis Ayrim, Lower Askipara, Kheyrimli, and Gizilhajili – were on the Azerbaijani side of the border between the two former Soviet republics, and were occupied by Armenian forces in the 1990s. Upper Askipara, along with two more villages – Sofulu and Barkhudarli – are oddities of Soviet border-drawing: village-sized exclaves of one former Soviet Socialist Republic inside the borders of another (more than 4,100 Azerbaijanis fled those villages). Another Azerbaijani exclave, Karki, is further to the south, near Nakhchivan. And there is one Armenian exclave, Artsvashen, inside Azerbaijan; in the 1990s its Armenian residents faced a similar fate to those on the other side of the border.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2017-02-14): This provocative step, as well as Armenia’s attempts to change the name of integral Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan is yet another clear manifestation that Armenia is not genuinely interested in seeking a political settlement of the armed conflict. Instead, Armenia pursues the path of escalation, undertakes consistent measures to consolidate the results of its occupation policy and to maintain unacceptable and unsustainable status quo, undermines efforts for the peaceful resolution of the conflict through substantive talks, illegally changes the demographic, cultural and physical character of the occupied territories, engages in economic and other activities, including transfer of Armenian population into these territories with the ultimate goal of imposing a fait accompli situation. By such actions Armenia also undermines and puts under jeopardy the regional and international peace and security. The principled basis for the settlement of the conflict is laid down in the United Nations Security Council resolutions 822(1993), 853(1993), 874(1993) and 884(1993) and the U.N. General Assembly resolution 62/243 (2008), which condemn the use of force against Azerbaijan and occupation of its territories and reaffirm the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and the inviolability of its internationally recognized borders. In those resolutions, the United Nations Security Council reaffirmed that the Nagorno-Karabakh region is an inalienable part of Azerbaijan and demanded immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of the occupying forces from all occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
Claim: Barkhudarli is a territory of Azerbaijan (Barkhudarli, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-10-27): Aliyev’s absence did not stop Pashinyan from going to Spain and signing a declaration recognizing the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. He signed a similar document in Aliyev’s presence in Prague last year, but this time the text listed the area of Azerbaijan as 86,600 square kilometers: in other words, it included not only Karabakh, but also other enclaves that existed during the Soviet era. [...] Concessions will not only be necessary regarding Nakhichevan. In Soviet times, there were eight Azerbaijani enclaves in Armenia, and only one Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan. A simple swap, therefore, would be impossible. Moreover, seizing control over the enclaves of Yukhari Askipara and Barkhudarli would allow Azerbaijan to cut off the Yerevan-Tbilisi highway if it so desired. There are still plenty of challenges ahead, therefore: not only in defining and securing the enclaves, but also in providing access to them.