The Azerbaijanis came and settled there on the very first day, and if you recall, the detachment of Arush Arushanyan [mayor of Goris] and I were fighting for Kachal Sar mountain, but we weren’t allowed to continue. This is what Deputy Mayor of Goris Karen Kocharyan said during a conversation with Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Kocharyan assured that the Azerbaijanis are strengthening their positions and building fortifications in the territory of Armenia. “I don’t know why Armenia isn’t building structures. Only the top leadership knows. We aren’t even renovating roads so that we can reach our boys and men in the winter. Even Armenia isn’t building roads like Azerbaijan is. They are building them in the territory of Armenia that they seized during the recent events,” the deputy mayor said.
When told that the authorities claim that the Armenian Armed Forces aren’t letting the Azerbaijanis carry out fortification works in Armenia’s territory, Kocharyan offered to take reporters and show them the place where the Azerbaijanis have built defensive structures.