Residents of border village of Kirants closed road to Georgia,  protesting border delimitation commission`s decisions

ArmInfo. Residents of the border village of Kirants in the Tavush region of Armenia closed the 

interstate road leading to Georgia, thereby expressing their protest 

against the decisions of the commission on delimitation and 

demarcation of borders with Azerbaijan.

Chief of the regional police department, Artur Mkrtchyan, arrived at 

the meeting with the participants of the action protesting against 

this decision, who invited the villagers to hold a closed meeting 

with the regional governor Hayk Ghalumyan, without the participation 

of press representatives. However, this initiative did not meet with 

understanding from the village residents, who demanded to meet with 

the head of the regional administration right on the road and in the 

presence of journalists.

MP from the opposition<Armenia>  faction Gegham Nazaryan, who has 

roots from this village, also arrived in the village. A verbal 

altercation arose between him and the residents of Kirants, which 

almost escalated into direct confrontation. "You, as a resident of 

the village, tell me, what suggestions do you have for getting out of 

this situation?", the villagers asked the MP, who seriously lost his 

temper and demanded that the media representatives not film what was 

happening.