Treaty of Batum

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Treaty of Batum is a treaty between Democratic Republic of Armenia and Ottoman Empire signed in Batum on June 4, 1918. Consisting of 14 articles, it is the first treaty of Armenia. The treaty was signed while Army of Islam held positions 7 kilometers from Yerevan and only 10 kilometers from Echmiadzin.

Fifteen days after the treaty delegates from Armenia were asked to come to Constantinople. The treaty needed to be examined and confirmed with the Central Powers. The treaty was in dispute as General Andranik had fallen apart with the Dashnakzutyun government and had refused to accept the borders, instead continuing the war and declaring a new Armenian state called Republic of Mountainous Armenia. Both states were later doomed to fail to Russian armies.

In 1918, his activities were concentrated at the Karabakh-Zanghezur. It was the link between Ottoman Empire and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic; see also Nagorno-Karabakh in 1918.

In the surrendered territories the majority of the 1,250,000 pre-war inhabitants had been Armenians, with more than 400,000 in the ceded sector of Yerevan province alone. ^[1]

Signatures:

• Avetis Aharonyan,
• A. Khatisian,
• M. Babachanian
• Ghorghanian.

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