ArmInfo. The incident with the Armenian shepherd, who was returned to his homeland thanks to the efforts of Russian peacekeepers, clearly demonstrates the vulnerability of our border settlements, Tigran Abrahamyan, an MP from the opposition I Have Honor bloc, believes. At the same time, he expressed his conviction that the Armenian forces serving on this section of the border should have prevented the shepherd from entering the danger zone.
"It was necessary to record the movement of 4 Azerbaijani servicemen in the direction of the Armenian section of the border zone. By the same logic, the Azerbaijanis could have gone down to the Goris-Tegh- Stepanakert highway and staged a provocation that would have been neither recorded nor prevented. "Solutions" for the current government of Armenia are within the framework of the Armenian-Turkish flirtation and unrequited love for Azerbaijan," the parliamentarian expressed his conviction.
As ArmInfo previously reported, yesterday, four armed servicemen of Azerbaijan, using force, took away the Armenian shepherd in Syunik. As Armenian Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan reported, the incident occurred when an Armenian shepherd was grazing sheep in a pasture at the intersection of the villages of Tegh, Aravus and Khnatsakh. "At about 3:30pm, 4 armed servicemen of Azerbaijan, noticing a civilian of the Republic of Armenia, descended from their positions by about 150 meters, shouting at him, pushing him away by force in the direction of Tsitsernavank. They also stole 400-450 heads of sheep", he reported. Tatoyan noted that what happened once again indicates that the criminal actions of the Azerbaijani armed forces violate the personal freedom, right to life and property of peaceful Armenian citizens. "Representatives of the Russian Border Service, who are working on the return of the RA citizen and his sheep, have been informed about the incident. This incident proves that there should not be any Azerbaijani employees near the Armenian villages and on the roads," Tatoyan wrote, noting that the issue needs to be urgently resolved by creating a demilitarized security zone. Late last night, it became known that the shepherd was handed over to Russian peacekeepers " And today there is already information that the shepherd is at home, nothing threatens his life. However, according to the information, more than 200 sheep have not been returned to the Armenian side, negotiations are underway on this issue.