10 August, 1920, Tiflis
On the 10 August 1920, the R. S. F. S. R. in the person of the plenipotentiary representative B. V. Legran on the one side, and the representatives of the Republic of Armenia, A. Jamalyan and A. Babalyan on the other side, based on the premise of recognition of the independence and full self-determination of the Republic of Armenia, have concluded the present agreement in the following:
First. From 12 o’clock on the 10 August 1920, military operations between the troops of the R. S. F. S.R. and the Republic of Armenia are considered to be ended. Remark: Military operations that might occur after the above-mentioned date because of the absence of communication or other technical difficulties must not have any consequences contrary to any of the points of this treaty.
Second. The troops of the Republic of Armenia [will] occupy the following line: Shahtaght-Khok-Aznaburt-Sultanbek and further the line northward from Kiuki and westward from Bazarchai (Bazarkend). And in the county [uezd] of Kazakh-the line they held on 30 July of this year. The troops of the R. S. F. S. R. will occupy the disputed districts: Karabakh, Zangezur, and Nachijevan, with the exception of the zone determined by this treaty for the disposition of the troops of the Republic of Armenia.
Third. The occupation of the disputed territories by the Soviet troops does not predispose the question about the rights to these territories of the Republic of Armenia or the Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic. By this temporary occupation, the R. S. F. S. R. has in view the creation of favorable conditions for the peaceful resolution of the disputed territories between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the principles to be laid in the peace treaty to be concluded between the R. S. F. S. R. and the Republic of Armenia as soon as possible.
Forth. With the cessation of military operations, the engaged sides must end the concentration of military forces in the disputed territories as well as on the frontiers.
Fifth. Pending the conclusion of the treaty between the R. S. F. S. R. and the Republic of Armenia, the operation of the railway in the Shahtaght-Julfa district belongs to the Armenian Railway Administration, with the proviso that it will not be used for military purposes.
Sixth. The R. S. F. S. R. guarantees free passage (with arms and munitions) into Armenia of all military units of the Republic of Armenia which are now beyond the lines [to be] occupied by the Soviet troops. The present agreement is signed in two copies, one of which is handed to the representative of the Republic of Armenia, and the other, to the plenipotentiary representative of the R. S. F. S. R.
* Hovannisian G. Richard, “The Republic of Armenia,” volume 4, p. 95.
