Sergey Kopyrkin intends to further get acquainted with situation in  border regions of Armenia

ArmInfo. Ambassador of Russia to the RA Sergey Kopyrkin intends to further get acquainted with the situation in the border regions of Armenia.

So, on July 7, in an interview with journalists, Kopyrkin, answering  the question of whether he is going to visit the Armenian-Azerbaijani  border against the background of the call of the Secretary of the  Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan to the CSTO Secretariat  to visit the front line, recalled that he was in Syunik region of RA.

The diplomat stated that he drove along the border, visited the posts  of both Russian border guards and Armenian border guards, and visited  the points of deployment of the Russian military in Goris and Sisian.

"I think that this issue, of course, will continue to be in the  sector of my closest attention," the Russian ambassador said.

At the same time, he expressed his conviction that this is a very  important aspect of the Armenian-Russian interaction - issues of  security, stability, prevention of an escalation of the situation and  the resolution of those very difficult problems that arise in this  connection.

Earlier, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas told reporters that the  aggravation of the situation in southern Armenia in connection with  the establishment of a new border with Azerbaijan is a "border  incident" and does not fall under the provisions of the CSTO charter  on collective defense.

Reacting to this, Secretary of the RA Security Council Armen  Grigoryan expressed confidence that the current situation cannot be  regarded as an incident, since the Azerbaijani military personnel  have not left the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia for  a long time. Considering that the actions of the Azerbaijani side are  an obvious attempt to occupy a part of the sovereign territory of the  Republic of Armenia, Armen Grigoryan once again stressed the need for  restraint in matters of wording at the level of the CSTO Secretariat  in order to prevent torpedoing constructive efforts to resolve the  situation.

At the end of the conversation, Armen Grigoryan emphasized that it is  expedient to organize a visit by the CSTO Secretariat to familiarize  themselves on the spot with the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani  border.

Yesterday, in an interview with the RA Public Television, the  Secretary of the RA Security Council noted that Armenia is currently  trying to find a solution to the conflict with Azerbaijan in  connection with the intervention of Azerbaijani troops in the  territory of Armenia with Russia and the CSTO. He also noted that  Yerevan is waiting for a response from CSTO Chairman Stanislav Zas to  the invitation to visit Armenia and assess the situation on the spot.

Girgoryan also expressed his conviction that Zas's non-constructive  statements about the situation on the border could become a reason  for provocations by the Azerbaijani side in the area of the village  of Verin Shorzha, as a result of which two servicemen of the RA Armed  Forces were injured.

He also noted that after the demarcation and delimitation of the  Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the border troops of Armenia and  Azerbaijan will be deployed along the entire length of the borders.