Armenia claims an attempt by Azerbaijani soldiers to interfere with agricultural work

Azerbaijani soldiers prevented a resident of the Tekh village in the Syunik Region from collecting cut grass, the local authorities reported. Agricultural work was completed only after the intervention of Armenian soldiers.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that the conflict on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border has been going on since mid-May. Residents of the border communities of the Gegarkunik Region of Armenia note that close positions of the Azerbaijani troops prevent civilians from cultivating the fields and grazing livestock.

The residents of the Tekh village planned to collect the grass they had earlier cut in the field. However, the Azerbaijani soldiers came from their positions and forbade the work to be carried out, the Tekh community reports on its Facebook page.

Nerses Shadunts, the head of the Tekh community, reported that starting from the very first day of their appearance in the territory, the Azerbaijani soldiers were digging trenches and arranging concrete fences.

“It happened that the Azerbaijanis drove the cattle of local residents away to their positions,” the head of the Tekh community said.

Arman Tatoyan, Ombudsman of Armenia, reports there were five Azerbaijani soldiers, who entered the territory and “two of them were the most aggressive and demanded from Armenian residents to leave the territory and never appear there.” According to the Ombudsman of Armenia, the incident is directed “against the fundamental rights of residents of Armenia: the right to life and support for families, and similar incidents occur regularly.”