Research Article

Diplomatic Activity of the Azerbaijani Government against the Territorial Claims of the Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)

Number: 47 July 25, 2023
  • Nigar Jamalova *
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Diplomatic Activity of the Azerbaijani Government against the Territorial Claims of the Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)

Abstract

This article examines the activities of the Azerbaijani government against the territorial claims of the Republic of Armenia in 1918-1920. Armenia's ongoing territorial claims and provocations on the front increase the relevance of the issue raised in the article. The documents in English newly included in the article are of scientific and practical importance in terms of supporting Azerbaijan's position against territorial claims. Due to the political considerations at the end of the First World War, the search for allies, the liberation of Baku and the protection of territorial integrity, the prevention of massacres, and social and political problems that could arise in the future, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) was forced to give approximately 10,000 km2 of the territory of the former Iravan Khanate to the Armenians. However, the Armenian state nevertheless began to make claims to the other territories of Azerbaijan (Zangezur, Karabakh, Nakhchivan, Kars, part of Gazakh district). Armenians nominated territorial claims on the basis that the Armenian population settled in the indicated areas. Nevertheless, the Armenian population was scattered in the territories they claimed and did not have an absolute majority. The government of Azerbaijan struggled diplomatically against the territorial claims and military aggression of the Republic of Armenia in three directions: 1) Correspondence and meetings with representatives of foreign countries in the South Caucasus; 2) Bilateral correspondence and meetings with the Armenian state; 3) Struggle in the international arena – the Paris Peace Conference. Despite the policy of ethnic cleansing committed by Armenian forces in order to occupy the territory, as well as the diplomatic struggle, none of the disputed territories of Azerbaijan were officially given to Armenia, except Erivan, which was compromised during the existence of the ADR. Additionally, none of the major powers of the time or the Paris Peace Conference officially recognized Armenia's territorial claims.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

International Relations (Other), Historical Studies (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Nigar Jamalova * This is me
0000-0001-8764-7816
Azerbaijan

Publication Date

July 25, 2023

Submission Date

June 1, 2023

Acceptance Date

June 17, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Number: 47

APA
Jamalova, N. (2023). Diplomatic Activity of the Azerbaijani Government against the Territorial Claims of the Republic of Armenia (1918-1920). Review of Armenian Studies, 47, 159-177. https://izlik.org/JA25HZ96BN
AMA
1.Jamalova N. Diplomatic Activity of the Azerbaijani Government against the Territorial Claims of the Republic of Armenia (1918-1920). RAS. 2023;(47):159-177. https://izlik.org/JA25HZ96BN
Chicago
Jamalova, Nigar. 2023. “Diplomatic Activity of the Azerbaijani Government Against the Territorial Claims of the Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)”. Review of Armenian Studies, nos. 47: 159-77. https://izlik.org/JA25HZ96BN.
EndNote
Jamalova N (July 1, 2023) Diplomatic Activity of the Azerbaijani Government against the Territorial Claims of the Republic of Armenia (1918-1920). Review of Armenian Studies 47 159–177.
IEEE
[1]N. Jamalova, “Diplomatic Activity of the Azerbaijani Government against the Territorial Claims of the Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)”, RAS, no. 47, pp. 159–177, July 2023, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA25HZ96BN
ISNAD
Jamalova, Nigar. “Diplomatic Activity of the Azerbaijani Government Against the Territorial Claims of the Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)”. Review of Armenian Studies. 47 (July 1, 2023): 159-177. https://izlik.org/JA25HZ96BN.
JAMA
1.Jamalova N. Diplomatic Activity of the Azerbaijani Government against the Territorial Claims of the Republic of Armenia (1918-1920). RAS. 2023;:159–177.
MLA
Jamalova, Nigar. “Diplomatic Activity of the Azerbaijani Government Against the Territorial Claims of the Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)”. Review of Armenian Studies, no. 47, July 2023, pp. 159-77, https://izlik.org/JA25HZ96BN.
Vancouver
1.Nigar Jamalova. Diplomatic Activity of the Azerbaijani Government against the Territorial Claims of the Republic of Armenia (1918-1920). RAS [Internet]. 2023 Jul. 1;(47):159-77. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA25HZ96BN