No change near Jermuk, parts of Vayots Dzor province still under Azeri occupation

16:24, 2 November 2023

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. The Azerbaijani troops that invaded into sovereign Armenian territory in the direction of Jermuk in September 2022 have neither pulled back nor advanced, Vayots Dzor Governor Ararat Grigoryan said at a press briefing.

“There’s been no change in the situation, it is calm. The Azerbaijani troops remain in the same places where they invaded, there’s been no change. They’ve neither advanced nor pulled back,” the governor said.

He said there’s been no shooting incidents this year. “I can’t recall any incident during this one year,” Grigoryan said.

The Azeri troops have been occupying 7600 hectares of sovereign Armenian territory in Vayots Dzor since September 2022.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS