People when the highway was blocked in protest against the territorial borders of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Photo: Alexander Patrin/TASS
Moscow. April 27th. INTERFAX.RU – A group of contract servicemen joined the protesters against the policies of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the process of limiting the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Armenian media said, citing the Tavush group for the Motherland.
About 20 militants joined local residents who blocked the highway to Georgia in the village of Kirants on the border with Azerbaijan, the group said in a statement.
Protests against Pashinyan’s policies, especially regarding relations with Azerbaijan, the process of ending the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the transfer of villages in the Tavush region of Armenia to the Azerbaijani side, have been taking place in the republic from April 20, demonstrators blocking local roads and the highway to Georgia.
As the Armenian president’s office announced on April 19, for the first time there will be a marked state border between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the area of four towns in the Tavush region.
Pashinyan said earlier in an interview with British media that Yerevan was “showing its loyalty. ” “We have registered that the government of the Republic of Armenia is ready to take measures within its powers so that the lives of people in these Azerbaijani villages, namely Kyzyl Hajili, Kheyrimli, Ashagi Askipara, Baganis Ayrum, where there is no people living now. possible, life would become possible,” he said.
On April 23, 2024, the first border post was installed on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
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2024-04-26 22:08:00
