NK, Zangezur and Nakhichevan are considered part of Armenia: Narimanov

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[1 December 1920]

Telegram sent by the Soviet Azerbaijani government to the Armenian republic regarding the decision to cede Armenian territories. The decision was first read at a formal session of the Baku Soviet and was later printed in several newspapers.

As of today the border disputes between Armenia and Azerbaijan are declared resolved. Mountainous Karabagh, Zangezur and Nakhichevan are considered part of the Soviet Republic of Armenia.

Chairman of Azerbaijan’s Revkom [Revolutionary Committee] N. Nairmanov

Commissioner of Foreign Affairs Huseinov

[Komunist, December 2, 1920, no. 2]

The Karabagh File, Documents and Facts, 1918-1988, First Edition, Cambridge Toronto 1988, by the ZORYAN INSTITUTE, edited by: Gerard J. LIBARIDIAN, p. 34