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Treaty of Sevres (Wilsonian
Armenia)
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Following WWI, the representatives
of the newly born Armenian Republic
and the Turkish Government
Negotiated the Treaty of Sevres.
SECTION VI.. ARMENIA
ARTICLE 88
Turkey,
in accordance with the action
already taken by the Allied Powers,
hereby recognizes Armenia as a free
and independent State.
ARTICLE 89
Turkey
and Armenia as well as the other
High Contracting Parties agree to
submit to the arbitration of the
President of the United States of
America the question of the frontier
to be fixed between Turkey and
Armenia in the Vilayets of Erzerum,
Trebizond, Van and Bitlis, and to
accept his decision thereupon, as
well as any stipulations he may
prescribe as to access for Armenia
to the sea, and as to the
demilitarization of any portion of
Turkish territory adjacent to the
said frontier.
ARTICLE 90
In
the event of the determination of
the frontier under Article 89
involving the transfer of the whole
or any part of the territory of the
said Vilayets to Armenia, Turkey
hereby renounces as from the date of
such decision all rights and title
over the territory so transferred.
The provisions of the present Treaty
applicable to territory detached
from Turkey shall thereupon become
applicable to the said territory.
The
proportion and nature of the
financial obligations of Turkey
which Armenia will have to assume,
or of the rights which will pass to
her, on account of the transfer of
the said territory will be
determined in accordance with
Articles 241 to 244. Part VIII
(Financial Clauses) of the present
Treaty.
Subsequent agreements will if
necessary, decide all questions
which are not decided by the present
Treaty and which may arise in
consequence of the transfer of the
said territory,
ARTICLE 91
In
the event of any portion of the
territory referred to in Article 89
being transferred to Armenia, a
Boundary Commission whose
composition will be determined
subsequently, will be constituted
within three months from the
delivery of the decision referred to
in the said Article to trace on the
spot the frontier between Armenia
and Turkey as established by such
decision.
ARTICLE 92
The
frontiers between Armenia and
Azerbaijan and Georgia respectively
will be determined by direct
agreement between the States
concerned.
If in
either case the States concerned
have failed to determine the
frontier by agreement at the date of
the decision referred to in Article
89, the frontier line in question
will be determined by the Principal
Allied Powers, who will also provide
for its being traced on the spot.
ARTICLE 93
Armenia
accepts and agrees to embody in a
Treaty with the Principal Allied
Powers such provisions as may be
deemed necessary by these Powers to
protect the interests of inhabitants
of that State who differ from the
majority of the population in race,
language, or religion.
Armenia
further accepts and agrees to embody
in a Treaty with the Principal
Allied Powers such provisions as
these Powers may deem necessary to
protect freedom of transit and
equitable treatment for the commerce
of other nations.
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