Monday, September 13 2021 13:31

ArmInfo. The Azerbaijani side can cut off Kapan from the rest of Armenia at any time, Vahe Hakobyan, a lawmaker from the Hayastan bloc, former governor of the  Syunik region, said in an interview with journalists in parliament on  September 13.

Yesterday, the National Security Service of Armenia reported that  from 12:00 on September 12, the Azerbaijani police began to stop  trucks with Iranian numbers "on the section of Eyvazli (near the  Armenian village of Vorotan) of the Goris-Kapan highway under its  control."

According to Hakobyan, in the conditions of permissiveness, the  Azerbaijani side becomes impudent and stops Iranian trucks.  "Azerbaijan does not create obstacles to cars. However, Iranian  trucks are forced to pay them a kind of customs duty so that they  were allowed to further travel to Yerevan," he said.  At the same  time, the lawmaker expressed bewilderment in connection with the text  of the message of the Armenian special service. "The National  Security Service of Armenia spread a message about this, calling  Vorotan an Azerbaijani toponym. What does this mean? are we gradually  getting accustomed to the fact that this is Azerbaijani territory?  And on the territory of Sevlich (Black Lake - ed. note), the  Azerbaijani military are already preparing for winter, erecting  permanent facilities; active engineering work is underway, "the  lawmaker noted.

The former head of the region considers it abnormal that the current  governor of Syunik finds out about this incident from the social  network. "It is also not normal that the NSS spreads a message only  after information about it appears on the Internet," he said. At the  same time, Hakobyan is convinced that the solution to all problems is  the immediate removal of Nikol Pashinyan (Prime Minister of Armenia -  ed.note).  At the same time, according to the chairman of the  committee on economic affairs, in the Syunik region, in addition to  security issues, there are also economic problems. "As you know, more  than 40% of the trade turnover falls on Iran and this turned out to  be under threat. I am sure that there will be a reaction from  Tehran," Vahe Hakobyan said.