"Nikol Pashinyan declared that the Kirants wall is the greatest success of the 3rd republic, because, according to him, Armenia got a "state border, peace and security, but in a small part" from it," Tavush-based journalist Oskan Sargsyan writes.
He elaborates. "At the meeting with the residents of Kirantsi, Pashinyan told the Armenians, 'We want you to say, 'Wow, what's so good that 50 meters away is Azerbaijan...'"
I asked the residents of Kirantsi whether they feel peace and security in that part of the border. The residents said that they feel anxiety and danger, because every day they see the flag of Azerbaijan erected on the territory handed over to Azerbaijan, they see that Azerbaijani soldiers appear there, Azerbaijanis they are celebrating in that area.
The family of Mher Avalyan, a resident of Kirants who lives next to the border wall, watches with concern every day what is happening in the territory handed over to Azerbaijan under the name of demarcation.
In the 64 hectares of arable land handed over to Azerbaijan, unlike the previous year, the residents of Kirants did not do autumn sowing at all in the area between the 2 Azerbaijani bases. This summer, the Azerbaijani side did not allow a combine harvester to be passed through the village of Khermili to harvest about 14 hectares of grain in that area.
After the demarcation and handing over of territories, very few cattle remained in Kirants, while there were 14 cow keepers in the village. Since the pastures of the village were handed over to Azerbaijan, last year Sevkar forestry closed the forest in the Voskepar section from Kirants with barbed wire, Kirants was left without a pasture."
He elaborates. "At the meeting with the residents of Kirantsi, Pashinyan told the Armenians, 'We want you to say, 'Wow, what's so good that 50 meters away is Azerbaijan...'"
I asked the residents of Kirantsi whether they feel peace and security in that part of the border. The residents said that they feel anxiety and danger, because every day they see the flag of Azerbaijan erected on the territory handed over to Azerbaijan, they see that Azerbaijani soldiers appear there, Azerbaijanis they are celebrating in that area.
The family of Mher Avalyan, a resident of Kirants who lives next to the border wall, watches with concern every day what is happening in the territory handed over to Azerbaijan under the name of demarcation.
In the 64 hectares of arable land handed over to Azerbaijan, unlike the previous year, the residents of Kirants did not do autumn sowing at all in the area between the 2 Azerbaijani bases. This summer, the Azerbaijani side did not allow a combine harvester to be passed through the village of Khermili to harvest about 14 hectares of grain in that area.
After the demarcation and handing over of territories, very few cattle remained in Kirants, while there were 14 cow keepers in the village. Since the pastures of the village were handed over to Azerbaijan, last year Sevkar forestry closed the forest in the Voskepar section from Kirants with barbed wire, Kirants was left without a pasture."
