Bagrat Srbazan in Noyemberyan: our fight today is against lies

ArmInfo. We need to act as an army, united, without succumbing to provocations. Primate of the  Tavoush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, His Holiness (Srbazan) Bagrat Galstyan, stated in Noyemberyan addressing the citizens who closed the Noyemberyan-Ijevan road.

" If at least 4-5 people act emotionally during this protest, we will  not succeed. This fight is against lies.  This is a fight between  truth and lies. We became part of this lie, because when our brothers  and sister in Artsakh faced an existential threat, we pretended that  it did not concern us! But now the one who consistently spreads this  lie and drives us into this lie must leave," said Bagrat Srbazan .

In the meantime, the police gave the protesters 5 minutes to open the  road, threatening to disperse them.  To which Bagrat Shrabzan  suggested the police to go to Voskepar and tell the same to  Azerbaijanis. "Go to Voskepar, where you guard the Azerbaijanis, to  carry out the demining and say all this there. It's not for you to  tell us what to do and where," Srbazan was indignant.

He suggested the citizens to gather in the courtyard of St. Sargis  Church, form a council of 4-5 people and decide what to do next.

Due to the difficult situation in Tavush, the Noyemberyan  administration also made a statement, in which it spoke out against  border delimitation in its current form, considering this process a  unilateral concession to Azerbaijan

"The delimitation work contains extremely dangerous risks for the  border security of Armenia, making important sections of the border  extremely vulnerable. We support the establishment of peace, but not  through unilateral concessions, especially considering that the  Azerbaijani Armed Forces continue to occupy many sections of Armenian  territory, including in Tavush," the statement reads, adding that the  head of the Noyemberyan community, the community leadership,  including village elders, do not support the delimitation process and  do not participate in it.

Today, reserve army colonel Mihran Maksudyan said that the deputy  prime minister and the village elders did not reach a general  agreement at yesterday's meeting. "As it was decided, so it will be,  the authorities said. That is, several houses and graves in the  village of Kirants become the territory of Azerbaijan," Maksudyan  noted.