Former Chief of Staff of Armenia’s Constitutional Court Edgar Ghazaryan charges that the Armenian authorities are making new territorial concessions.

"Comparing reports of the new Azerbaijani military advancement into Syunik Province, the "explanations" offered by the Armenian Defense Ministry and additional information provided by the Kapan community leader, it is obvious that the Armenian authorities are ceding new territories to Azerbaijan in compliance with Nikol Pashinyan's verbal orders,” he wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

His comments came after the Azerbaijani military reportedly advanced further into sovereign Armenian territory, taking control of an area within the administrative territory of the village of Nerkin Hand in Syunik Province.

“In the case of [former Defense Minister] Vagharshak Harutyunyan, Nikol Pashinyan appointed him Armenian Ambassador to Russia in exchange for fulfilling such instructions. This move probably encouraged [incumbent Defense Minister] Suren Papikyan to take advantage of the promising prospect of being appointed ambassador to a country in exchange for territorial concessions to the enemy on the basis of verbal orders.

“He may also be appointed ambassador-at-large to carry out Nikol Pashinian's special assignments to surrender the homeland to the enemy,” Ghazaryan said.