The situation on the border with Azerbaijan is relatively stable, according to Lt. general Edward Asryan, the Chief of General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces.
“I assess the border situation as relatively stable. Gunshots have been heard, are heard, but these are untargeted [gunshots]. We’ve been issuing official information about the gunshots that are specifically targeted [ones],” he said, referring to the cross-border Azerbaijani small arms fire.
Asked about the purpose of the Azerbaijani shootings, the army chief said, “If there is gunfire from the opposite side, this seeks to exert psychological pressure upon our troops and pressure the border population. The fact is, we don’t pay attention to that, we continue our normal service.”
The Armenian village of Khoznavar, located in the Syunik province, the country’s south, has periodically come under Azeri cross-border small arms fire. In one of the latest such shootings, the gunfire hit a village home and killed a farm animal.
