Hours after the announcement following today’s session of the border demarcation commissions of Armenia and Azerbaijan, residents closed the Kirants-Ijeva and Baghanis-Noyemberyan sections, Narek Sahakyan, a resident of Baghanis, informed “Freedom”.
“Azatutyan” was cut off from the golden dance, today’s official statements contradict what Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said two days ago in their village. Tomorrow, most likely, they will gather in the village to decide what to do next.
At today’s meeting of delimitation commissions, Yerevan and Baku have preliminarily agreed on separate parts of the border line, as stated in the message, in order to align it with the legally justified inter-republic border that existed at the time of the collapse of the USSR.
The parties indicate the names of the settlements: Baghanis on the Armenian side, Baghanis Ayrum on the Azerbaijani side, Voskepar on the Armenian side, Ashagh Askipara on the Azerbaijani side, Kirants on the Armenian side, Khairemli on the Azerbaijani side, Berkaber on the Armenian side, and Kizil Hajili on the Azerbaijani side. Baku demanded the immediate return of these villages at the beginning of March, declaring that there is no doubt about their ownership.