evidence: This follows earlier statements made by Yerevan that the latest draft agreement which was received from Baku contained changes in the text that endanger the overall peace process.[12] Armenia also argued that the signing of the peace agreement should be linked to a border demarcation mechanism, which Baku rejects. In a recent interview, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev discussed the status of former Soviet Azerbaijani exclaves and villages currently under Armenian control, especially in light of the ongoing border demarcation efforts.[13] These areas, smaller and distant from the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, have gained attention following Azerbaijan’s reassertion of control over Karabakh. Seven such villages are located in Gazakh district, with four on the Azerbaijani side of the former Soviet border – Baghanis Ayrim, Lower Askipara, Kheyrimli, and Gizilhajili – occupied by Armenian forces in the 1990s. Three others – Upper Askipara, Sofulu, and Barkhudarli – and another exclave, Karki, are unique Soviet-era enclaves. An Armenian exclave, Artsvashen, faced a similar situation. [...] [1] Bassem Mroue, "The fall of an enclave in Azerbaijan stuns the Armenian diaspora, extinguishing a dream," AP, September 29, 2023, https://apnews.com/article/armenia-azerbaijan-diaspora-beirut-los-angels-nagornokarabakh-dc00e20d1c684877e5b0e67d3de76388.