evidence: Before passing under the control of the Armenian armed forces, seven of these eight villages were administratively subordinate to the Azerbaijani border region of Gazakh. These are the villages of Sofulu, Barkhudarly, Baganis Airym, Gyzylkhadzhyly, Yukhari Askipara, Ashaghi Askipara and Khairimli. [...] "These villages, including the village of Karki, are the territory of Azerbaijan and the issue of their return will be resolved during the process of border delimitation", Khalafov added. [...] Last summer, there were reports about the redeployment of Russian border guards in Armenia to the village of Askipara. And this fully met the interests of Baku, it was a detail that gave superiority to the Azerbaijani side during the negotiations.