In 1953, the Soviet Union renounced the territorial claims previously raised against Turkey, including discussions surrounding Kars and neighboring regions, reaffirming the disgraceful Moscow and Kars treaties signed in 1921.

On May 30, 1953, the Soviet government, disregarding the expectations and aspirations of the Armenian people, declared to the Turkish government that:

“For the sake of maintaining good-neighborly relations and strengthening peace and security, the governments of Armenia and Georgia found it possible to renounce their territorial claims against Turkey…”

Thus, the Soviet government declared that the Soviet Union had no territorial claims against Turkey. Such an anti-Armenian position of the USSR was later reaffirmed in a number of international documents.

The Armenian Question continued to exist mainly at the level of historical, legal, and political discussions.