Tuesday, July 3 2018 14:43

ArmInfo. The situation in Nakhchivan is not static, it is constantly changing. This was on July 3 at the discussions "Silent position warriors, hardening on the Armenian- Azerbaijani border: a creeping war or a repositioning of positions," spokesman of the Armenian Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan stated.

 

"There is no border in Nakhijevan, there are positions that often change their location, moreover, it is more often done from the Armenian side than from Azerbaijan, and I declare with full responsibility that in Nakhijevan direction, including on the highway Yerevan "Goris, there is not a millimeter of a section of the road that would be under direct fire from the enemy, including large-caliber small arms." The settlements are also inaccessible to them, "Hovhannisyan said.

 

At the same time, he noted that the repositioning of positions does not yet mean the possibility of providing it with the proper infrastructure. According to him, several new positions that were set by the enemy are completely deprived of the possibility of laying a road to them, and they are more vulnerable than before.

 

In his turn, the expert on information security Karen Vartanesyan stated that the main movement of positions from the Armenian side was recorded in April of this year, and with the Azerbaijani location, including those announced by the Azerbaijani propaganda, during the month of May. According to him, this is evidenced by data received from satellites.  Earlier, Azerbaijani media spread information that allegedly at the end of May the village of Gunnut and the important strategic heights around it were "liberated from occupation and local residents returned to their native places and visited the graves of deceased relatives." "The national army liberated the mountains of Hunut, Gizilgaya and Mekhridag, the hill of Agbulag from the occupation, the village of Arpa in Daralayaz was liberated from control of the territory, in total about 11 thousand hectares are taken under control, over 8 thousand hectares of which are suitable for farming at an altitude of 1,683 meters above sea level and allowing to control the village of Gunnut in the Sharur region of the Gyzylgaya Upland lies in the fact that it allows our army to control the Yerevan-Yeghegnadzor-Goris-Lachin- In order to protect the territory, a new road with a length of 50 km has been completed, and roads with a total length of over 50 km have been reconstructed, "the Azerbaijani media reported.

 

Meanwhile, according to Artsrun Hovhannisyan, press secretary of the Defense Ministry of Armenia, on June 6 and 7 this year, the Azerbaijani side appealed to the command of the Armed Forces, with a request to allow some of its citizens to approach the cemetery located in the south of the ruins of the village of Gyunnut. "This is the first time that the Azeri side has requested such a request on this site: the Armenian side, while remaining committed to humanitarian norms and always taking steps to reduce tension, agreed and allowed the peaceful residents to approach the cemetery for a short period," Hovhannisyan said.