Georgia's policy - defined as aggression under international law

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Unilateral deployment of forces on a disputable territory between two states during the work of a commission dealing with border delimitation issues is defined as aggression under international law. Such principle applies to the current dispute between Armenian and Georgia. In this particular case, absence of adequate steps by official Yerevan is estimated as silent consent or voluntary handover of a territory," lawyer-international affairs expert Norayr Babajanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent.



By deploying its frontier forces on Armenian territory, Georgia violated several fundamental principles of international law, particularly, refusal to use or threaten to use force, border immunity, territorial integrity of and cooperation between states, as well as respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, expert finds.



Touching upon the procedure of establishing state border, Babajanyan distinguished between two important stages- delimitation and demarcation. Thus, delimitation, according to him, is the description of the alignment in a treaty or other written source, or by means of a line marked on a map or chart. Demarcation is means by which the described alignment is marked or evidenced. The latter procedure is carried out by a mixed committee.



"Georgian frontier forces which have invaded Bavra village (Shirak region) prevent villagers from carrying out agricultural work," village community governor Koryun Sumbulyan said. "Back in May, Georgian frontier troops invaded our village, not allowing villagers to use its lands. They have taken control of a territory with a total area of 130 hectares," village governor added.