Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
March 12 2005

Azerbaijan, Georgia in border delimitation dispute

AssA-Irada 12/03/2005 17:37

Azerbaijan is currently in a border delimitation dispute with Georgia
and only the division of 20% of the border has been agreed upon with
this country, says Garib Mammadov, Land and Mapping Committee chairman.

The 480-km-long Azeri-Georgian border is divided into 5 territories
and 24 sub-territories, and only 5 sub-teritories have been agreed
upon thus far, he said.

“We have a certain misunderstanding with Georgia and our positions
do not coincide due to their groundless claims.” Mammadov said that
the map, approved by the Georgian parliament in 1963 (Soviet Union
times), was prepared by not Azerbaijanis, but Georgians, Armenians
and Russians, and therefore, does not meet Azerbaijan’s interests.
Prior to this, a different map was used. An Azeri delegation will
leave for Tbilisi to continue talks late in March, he said. Mammadov
continued that Azerbaijan shares a 390.3-km border with Russia
and only a 55-km section (15%) has yet to be agreed upon with this
country. Only the territories bordering on the Balakan, Gusar and
Khachmaz Districts of Azerbaijan have yet to be agreed upon, he said.

Mammadov added that Azerbaijan faces no disputes with Iran and Turkey
over border delimitation.