Pashinyan insists: there have been no positional changes on Mount  Pela since December 2020

ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan insists that no positional changes have occurred on Mount Pela (Pailasar) since December 2020. He stated this on October  27 during the government hour in the parliament, answering the  question of MP of the ruling "Civil Contract" faction Narek  Ghahramanyan.

"The commander of the border troops of the NSS yesterday explained to  the MPs in this hall, noting that, as in December 2020, the Border  Service is serving in the same positions where it was before. I do  not know what else can be added," Pashinyan said.

Earlier, MP from the Hayastan bloc, Anna Grigoryan, announced that  the Armenian authorities are going to transfer Mount Pela under full  control of Azerbaijan, which will make the residents of several  villages in the Kapan region under the direct sight of the  Azerbaijani Armed Forces. On October 18,  head of the Kapan  community, Gevorg Parsyan, told the Armenian media that the mountain  completely came under the control of Azerbaijan, as a result of which  the road, which also served the residents of the adjacent villages,  was blocked. He also noted that the agreement on the delivery of the  height was reached in the winter of 2021, although even according to  Google maps, most of the height is located on the territory of the  Republic of Armenia. Nevertheless, the NSS of Armenia issued a  statement in which it denied this information, stating that the  Armenian border guards continue to serve on Mount Pela. " "There were  no positional changes in the area called Mount Pela in the Syunik  region. The border troops of the RA NSS continue to serve on this  section of the state border," the RA NSS reported. Deputy Prime  Minister Mher Grigoryan and Deputy Defense Minister Arman Sargsyan  commented on the situation. So, Grigoryan, commenting on the  information of the Azerbaijani media that the Mount Pela in Kapan  came under the control of Azerbaijan as a result of the delimitation  and demarcation of borders, said that the rumors  that the process of  demarcation of the borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan has begun  is false. "I confirm the information provided by the RA NSS,"  Sargsyan said in turn, assuring that the Ministry of Defense does not  seek to hide the ongoing processes and, whenever possible, gives  public explanations.