A secret process of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border delimitation and demarcation is underway, Armenian political analyst Stepan Danielyan claims.

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 Armenia’s Syunik Province.

“I would like to explain to those who do not understand the advancement of the Azerbaijani positions and the meaning of the statement of the Defense Ministry: a process of delimitation and demarcation is underway, which the government is afraid to publicly announce, but is carrying out secretly,” Danielyan wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

“Don't be surprised either when a number of villages are ceded [to Azerbaijan],” he added.