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Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-01-14): Yukhari Askipara (Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Əskipara, lit. 'Upper Askipara'; Armenian: Վերին Ոսկեպար, romanized: Verin Voskepar, lit. 'Upper Voskepar') is a destroyed village in an exclave of the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan, currently under the control of Armenia and surrounded by the Tavush Province of Armenia. The exclave has been under control by Armenian forces since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, which also included fighting in Qazakh. Today, the village is destroyed, with only the foundations and some lower portions of the houses remaining.[1] [...] According to the 1915 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, Yukhari Askipara (Аксибара Стар., Aksibara Star.) had a predominantly Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani) population of 278 in 1914.[3]
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-03): The issue of exclaves/enclaves is another border-related issue; there is an exclave called Artsvashen which is formally part of Soviet-era Armenia but controlled by and situated entirely within the current Republic of Azerbaijan; likewise, there are 4 Azerbaijani exclave villages of Karki, Yukhari Askipara, Barxudarlı and Sofulu that were formally part of Soviet-era Azerbaijan but are controlled by and situated entirely within the current Republic of Armenia.[87] [...] April 2024 [edit]In April 2024, Armenia and Azerbaijan reached an agreement whereby Armenia handed over four abandoned villages along the border to Azerbaijan: Bağanis Ayrum, Aşağı Əskipara, Xeyrimli, and Qızılhacılı.[259] The four villages were on the Azerbaijani side of the border and had been controlled by Armenia since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[260] The two countries agreed to demarcate the borders on the basis of Alma-Ata declaration, which fixed the borders that existed between the former Soviet republics. This sparked protests among some residents of the neighboring villages of Tavush province.[85] The agreement was welcomed by the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken,[261] President of the European Council Charles Michel,[262] on behalf of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, his spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.[263] On May 24, 2024, the State Border Service of Azerbaijan took control of the four villages.[86][264]
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-03-24): Azerbaijani enclaves in Armenia are located in the Tavush and Ararat regions. These are the villages of Baghanis-Ayrum, Nerkin Voskepar (Ashagi Askipara) and Verin Voskepar (Yukhari Askipara), Barkhudarly, Sofulu, and Tigranashen (Kyarki).
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Ghazakh (District) / Yukhari-Askipara (Village)
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-07-16): Four of the eight Azerbaijani villages—i.e., Baghanis Ayrim, Kheyrimli, Gizilhajili, and Ashagi Askipara—are border villages, belonging to the Gazakh district. Four other villages are exclaves within Armenia. These include Karki in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and three villages of the Gazakh district located in two exclaves: the Sofulu exclave, consisting of two villages—i.e., Sofulu and Barkhudarli—and the Yukhari Askipara exclave.1(see Maps 1 and 2, below.) [...] Baghanis Ayrim was the second territory of Azerbaijan to be captured by the Armenian militia on 24 March 1990, and the logic was similar. The border village was on the way to another strategic road in Armenia, namely the M16/H26 highway from Yerevan to Tbilisi. During March-June 1992, with the outbreak of full-scale hostilities, Armenia occupied the border villages of Kheyrimli, Gizilhajili, and Ashagi Askipara and the exclave villages of Barkhudarli, Sofulu, and Yukhari Askipara. A common feature of these now defunct and depopulated villages is that they are situated along or near the M16/H26 highway, which crisscrosses de jure Azerbaijani territory five times.
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 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. [...] The other two enclaves, located in Armenia’s northeastern region of Tavush, were captured by Armenian forces in the summer of 1992. Like Kyarki, they are also strategically placed, but unlike the former, they have not been populated after their Azerbaijan residents fled. The 2011 Armenian census listed one "Askipara", which is presumably Yukhari/Upper Askipara, with a population of 0 as part of the Voskepar municipality. [...] 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: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2014-04-18): Yukhari Askipara (Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Əskipara|lit=Upper Askipara; Armenian: Վերին Ոսկեպար|lit=Upper Voskepar |translit=Verin Voskepar) is a destroyed village in an exclave of the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan, currently under the control of Armenia and surrounded by the Tavush Province of Armenia. The exclave has been under control by Armenian forces since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, which also included fighting in Qazakh. Today, the village is destroyed, with only the foundations and some lower portions of the houses remaining.[1] [...] According to the 1915 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, Yukhari Askipara (Аксибара Стар., Aksibara Star.) had a predominantly Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani) population of 278 in 1914.[3]
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-11-05): Yukhari Askipara is a region under Azerbaijan’s Qazakh District. This region, which has an area of approximately 37 square km, has no connection with Azerbaijani lands. Yukhari Askipara is an exclave region located completely inside the Armenian territory. The village, which was occupied by the Armenian Armed Forces in 1992, was destroyed and the Azerbaijani population there was expelled. The region is an old Turkish settlement among the historical artefacts of Azerbaijan Turks. Today, around 650 people live in Yukhari Askipara, which is in the Tavush region of Armenia. [...] Thirty years of occupation in Nagorno-Karabakh and its seven adjacent districts have made grave impacts since it left the abovementioned Azerbaijani territories remain in the background. According to international law, these regions are considered Azerbaijani territory but the Armenian occupation continues in these areas. These exclaves belong to Azerbaijan. Even though they look like miniscule pieces of land, they have very strategic importance to the country. In addition, the rights of Azerbaijani people who were expelled from these regions after the occupation were seized. Don't they count?
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-11-03): Investigations of terrorist acts and other grave crimes committed by Armenian separatist troops on the territory of Azerbaijan are continuing, the State Security Service of Azerbaijan told Trend.
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-10-16): Nagorny Karabakh and adjacent administrative regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Lachin, Kelbajar, Gubadli, Zangilan, Jebrayil, Agdam (regional center and a large part of the territory) and Fizuli (regional center and a large part of the territory) were occupied by Armenia from 1989 to 1993. At present, Armenians transgressed a total of 558 km of the state border – the 198 km Azerbaijani-Iranian border from Horadiz settlement of the Fizuli region to the borders of the Zangilan region, and 360 km Azerbaijani-Armenian border. These territories are now under complete control of the Armenian military forces. Armenian forced destroyed buildings, outposts, frontier posts and demarcation lines from the USSR period along the border. The occupied areas along the Azerbaijani-Iranian borders are currently used for uncontrolled smuggling and sometimes for transportation of drugs. Construction materials for residential and public building and cut forest trees are transported from the occupied regions of Azerbaijan through the seized borders to Iran by Armenia. [...] Other from that, the Kerki settlement of Sadarak region in Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, Ashagi Akipara, Yukhari Askipara, Gushchu Ayrim, Barkhudarli settlements of Gazakh region and other ones situated at the Azerbaijan-Armenia border were destroyed and occupied. [...] The ways along the river mouth firmly connect these two areas in economical way. Occupation by the Armenians of the Yukhary (Upper) Karabakh, in defiance of all this historical-geographical reality and its forcible separationrom the low land Karabakh created serious problems for the population and economy of the region.
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Nagorno-Karabakh: 1988-1992, territory 4400 km2; Shusha: may 08, 1992, territory 289 km2; Lachin: may 18, 1992, territory 1840 km2; Kalbajar: april 2, 1993, territory 3054 km2; Aghdam: july 23, 1993, territory 1150 km2; Fizuli: august 23, 1993, territory 1390 km2; Jabrayil: august 23, 1993, territory 1050 km2; Gubadli: august 31, 1993, territory 802 km2; Zangilan: october 29, 1993, territory 707 km2; Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic: Kerki village in Sadarak region (1990); Gazakh region: the villages Baghanis Ayrim (24 March 1990), Kheyrimli (8 March 1992), Sofulu, Barkhudarli (27 April 1992), Yukhari Askipara (8 June 1992), Gizil Hajili (11 June 1992) and Ashaghi Askipara (14 June 1992) [...] 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: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-22): The border delineation process is also affected by the status of four remaining enclaves: the Armenian enclave of Artsvashen inside Azerbaijan, and the Azerbaijani enclaves of Barkhudarly, Yukhari Askipara, and Karki inside Armenia.
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-05-11): Before passing under the control of the Armenian armed forces, seven of these eight villages were administratively subordinate to the Azerbaijani border region of Gazakh. These are the villages of Sofulu, Barkhudarly, Baganis Airym, Gyzylkhadzhyly, Yukhari Askipara, Ashaghi Askipara and Khairimli. [...] "These villages, including the village of Karki, are the territory of Azerbaijan and the issue of their return will be resolved during the process of border delimitation", Khalafov added. [...] Last summer, there were reports about the redeployment of Russian border guards in Armenia to the village of Askipara. And this fully met the interests of Baku, it was a detail that gave superiority to the Azerbaijani side during the negotiations.
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): As for the four non-exclave Azerbaijani villages (Baghanis Ayrim, Ashagi Askipara, Kheyrimli and Gizilhajili) occupied by Armenia, their affiliation to Azerbaijan is beyond any doubt and they are subject to immediate liberation, the Service of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev told APA regarding the meetings of the Commissions established in Azerbaijan and Armenia on the delimitation of the state border. The issue of liberation of four of Azerbaijan’s exclave villages (Yukhari Askipara, Sofulu, Barkhudarli and Karki) occupied by Armenia will also be resolved within the delimitation process.
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-21): The territories within the borders of the former Azerbaijani SSR (including the enclaves of Yukhari (Upper), Askipara (Verin Voskepar), Sofulu-Barkhudarly and Kyarki (Tigranashen)), which have been under Armenian control since 1990-94, are highlighted in yellow. The territories of Armenia falling within its borders, but located beyond the line of Armenian trenches (neutral territory, not under anyone’s control), are highlighted in pink. The territories of Armenia under the control of Azerbaijani forces are highlighted in dark red. [...] The Soviet delimitation in the territory of former Kazakh Uezd was guided by an approach where the entire mountainous part of the Uezd (present-day Tavush, Chambarak subdistrict of Gegharkunik region) with a predominantly Armenian population passed to Armenia, while the plains inhabited by Muslims passed to Azerbaijan. The only exception was the zone of numerous small kishlaks in the upper reaches of Akhinja River, within the mountainous area known as Shynykh-Ayrum community. Although initially part of Armenia, this area was transferred to Azerbaijan during land disputes in the 1920s, leading to the isolation of the village of Artsvashen from the west. The descriptions of the borders and land disputes between Soviet Armenia and Azerbaijan in 1922 already suggest that the village of Yukhari (Upper) Askipara, as well as Sofulu and Barkhudarly were attributed to Azerbaijan, although their border with neighboring Armenian villages remained uncertain for a considerable period.
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-12-21): The self-styled Republic of Artsakh will soon cease to exist. Unilaterally established by ethnic Armenians in the autonomous Azeri province of Nagorno-Karabakh, it was the linchpin of Russian hegemony in the region. Playing both sides, the Kremlin ensured that it had the final say in regional developments. The one-day war produced two important results: all ethnic Armenians residing in Artsakh were forced to flee, and Azerbaijan is now in full control of its own, internationally recognized territory. [...] Backed by Turkey, Azerbaijan executed its counteroffensive in three stages. The 44-day war in the fall of 2020 resulted in Baku regaining control over a large part of Nagorno-Karabakh and in a rout of the bulk of the Armenian forces from the surrounding areas. Russian intervention prevented a total collapse of the Armenian side, and 2,000 Russian peacekeepers were deployed to ensure continued free passage between Artsakh and Armenia. The second stage was a blockade that made life for the remaining Armenians inside Artsakh very difficult. The third and final stage was the assault on September 19, which ended in swift capitulation by the Armenian forces. [...] Three very different scenarios may play out. One is that Azerbaijan acts on its implied threats and takes further military action against Armenia. It has already launched a series of cross-border attacks that have resulted in the occupation of about 215 square kilometers of Armenian land. The rhetoric on "Western Azerbaijan" is driven by the legacy of eight exclaves inside Armenia that, during Soviet times, were populated by ethnic Azeris. Two of those – Yukhari Askipara and Barkhudari – are located on the Yerevan-Tbilisi highway, which could be cut off.
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 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: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-21): Yukhari Askipara (Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Əskipara, lit. 'Upper Askipara'; Armenian: Վերին Ոսկեպար, romanized: Verin Voskepar, lit. 'Upper Voskepar') is a destroyed village in an exclave of the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan, currently under the control of Armenia and surrounded by the Tavush Province of Armenia. The exclave has been under control by Armenian forces since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, which also included fighting in Qazakh. Today, the village is destroyed, with only the foundations and some lower portions of the houses remaining.[1] [...] According to the 1915 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, Yukhari Askipara (Аксибара Стар., Aksibara Star.) had a predominantly Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani) population of 278 in 1914.[3] [...] - ^ a b "Əskipara: illərin məsafəsində". MEYDAN.TV (in Azerbaijani). 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-04-19): Recently, Armenia and Azerbaijan, neighboring countries in the Southern Caucasus, have begun negotiations concerning the return of four villages occupied since the 1990s: Baghanis Ayrim, Ashagi Askipara, Kheyrimli, and Gizilhajili. These villages, located in Azerbaijan’s Qazakh district, were occupied by Armenia between 1990 and 1992. [...] Three of the 7 Qazakh villages—Yukhari Askipara, Sofulu, Berkhudarli—are enclaves within Armenia, while the remaining four villages— Baghanis Ayrim, Ashagi Askipara, Kheyrimli and Gizilhajili —are attached the mainland Azerbaijan. [...] After Pashinyan’s statement, Garnik Danielyan from the opposition Hayastan party visited the Tavush region and said that if Armenia returns these 4 villages, the Gasprom (Russia) gas pipeline will be under the control of Azerbaijan. In fact, the natural gas pipeline passes through the enclave Yukhari Askipara village, not through the non-enclave villages. Answering the media’s question, Deputy CEO of Gazprom Armenia, Chief Engineer Artashes Gabrielyan said that there is no disscusion regarding the relocation of the natural gas pipeline for now.
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-10-27): Last month, Azerbaijan used force to seize control over Nagorno-Karabakh, a long-disputed ethnic Armenian enclave, displacing almost the entire Karabakh Armenian population. It might seem that their exodus has paved the way for a comprehensive peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia: after all, if the Armenian presence in the region is no longer a political factor, what is there to argue about? Yet Karabakh was not the only source of conflict between the two countries. Behind it loom other territorial disputes. [...] 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.
Claim: Yukhari Askipara is a territory of Azerbaijan (Yukhari Askipara, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-01-01): One of the monuments remained relatively intact in Yukhari Askipara village of Gazakh district is the Four-cornered tower. It is also named as Koroghlu tower. This high-rise tower erected on the banks of the river Coghaz was a watch tower. The thought-out windows, observation holes, traces of fire intended for warning proves it once again. The tower is square in shape. The length of each side is 8 m. It was very orderly built of the river stone. There are strap-patterns made of the red baked bricks. The cords connecting the storeys were made of the wood. There were supporting buildings in the courtyard. The premises were built in construction style typical for the region in terms of architecture and engineering. This tower is a rare and significant example of the medieval fortifications of Azerbaijan. In 1990, the Armenian Armed Forces occupied and burned the Yukhari Askipara village of Gazakh district. At the present time, the Four-cornered tower is located on the territory occupied by Armenians. [...] In 1990, the Armenian Armed Forces occupied and burned the Yukhari Askipara village of Gazakh district. Currently, the Gatir bridge is located on the territory occupied by Armenians.
Claim: Melilla is a territory of Morocco (Melilla, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-06): Dispute with Morocco [edit]The Moroccan government has repeatedly called for Spain to transfer the sovereignty of Melilla, Ceuta and the plazas de soberanía to Morocco, with Spain's refusal to do so serving as a major source of tension in Morocco–Spain relations. In Morocco, Ceuta is frequently referred to as the "occupied Sebtah", and the Moroccan government has argued that the city, along with other Spanish territories in the region, are colonies.[139][140] One of the major arguments used by Morocco in their attempts to acquire sovereignty over Melilla refers to the geographical position of the city, as Melilla is an exclave surrounded by Moroccan territory and the Mediterranean Sea and has no territorial continuity with the rest of Spain.[141] This argument was originally developed by one of the founders of the Moroccan Istiqlal Party, Alal-El Faasi, who openly advocated for Morocco to invade and occupy Melilla and other North African territories under Spanish rule.[142] Spain, in line with the majority of nations in the rest of the world, has never recognized Morocco's claim over Melilla. The official position of the Spanish government is that Melilla is an integral part of Spain, and has been since the 16th century, centuries prior to Morocco's independence from Spain and France in 1956.[143] The majority of Melilla's population support continued Spanish sovereignty and are opposed to Moroccan control over the territory.[144]