ArmInfo. No statements were made In Armenia that the village of Nerkin Hand is in the zone of responsibility of Russian border guards. Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated on February 28 during government hour in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.
According to him, only an alarm was sounded, which is now being studied. In particular, the Armenian side is interested in the question of what obstacles we are talking about. Based on the investigation, Yerevan will make an appropriate decision. The Prime Minister noted that as a result of well-known events and actions, some sections of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border were formed spontaneously. There is no agreement with the Russian side to provide Russian border guards with a mandate to protect them. "But if the Russian border guards did not provide appropriate security measures, it is necessary to draw appropriate conclusions from this," said the head of the Government.