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Asbarez (1 October 2024)

In what critics see as a ruling ordered by the government, the Constitutional Court has played down the legal significance of a preamble to Armenia’s constitution which Azerbaijan says is the main obstacle to peace between the two nations.

Following a single session that lasted for just a hew hours, the court on Thursday gave the green light for parliamentary ratification of a recent agreement with Azerbaijan supposedly laying out the principles of delineating the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. The agreement involves “regulations” for joint activities of Armenian and Azerbaijani government commissions dealing with the border delimitation process.

The full text of the court’s decision was publicized at the weekend. The main focus of the 33-page document is not the regulations but the constitution’s preamble that mentions a 1990 declaration of Armenia’s independence.

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