Azerbaijanis Have Installed Serious Equipment and the Deepest Areas of the Community Are Within Their View: The Head of the Community

The Azerbaijani Armed Forces have been stationed in Syunik since May 12 and have begun engineering construction work from the very first days. Currently, the work is not ongoing. The head of the Tegh community, Nerses Shadunts, informed "Factinfo" that it seems that most of the work has already been completed.

"I do not know how much was planned on their agenda, but in my opinion, they have probably completed about 70-80% of the works. However, now it seems to me that there is an agreement to halt bilateral engineering works, but what they needed, they have already finished; what else can they do? They were engaged in serious engineering tasks," he said.

The community of Tegh has commenced harvesting and haymaking activities. Despite the border issues, residents will soon also start harvesting barley and wheat. The community leader noted that there have been no serious issues with the Azerbaijani side in the post-election period. "There are minor issues, and we resolve them on the spot. About 60 percent of haymaking is completed," Shadunts added.

In areas close to the border where haymaking is taking place, Armenian border troops are deployed. They are also cooperating with Russian border guards and peacekeepers, who respond quickly in case of incidents. "Our village youths are also involved in these matters, so that in case of serious incidents, the rapid response team reaches promptly. Our lands at this time, the wheat and barley fields have remained on the other side of the border. No work is being done concerning those fields, and there is no hope that harvesting may take place at this moment," he said.

In the lower part of Khoshnavar, near Lake Sevan, approximately 200 hectares of pasture and hayfields have come under Azerbaijani control. The enlarged community must carry out agricultural activities over about 150 hectares of territory, both as community property and as privatized land. "Every village has 22, 23, 25 hectares of land," Shadunts stated.

When asked whether the Azerbaijani side monitors residents involved in agricultural activities, Shadunts noted that they do not need to as they see everything. "They have no problems regarding surveillance, because they have installed serious equipment at the moment, and the deepest parts of our territory are within their view; they have no issues regarding monitoring. Like in a fight, they see everything, they have no problems," he concluded.