On April 19, the Office of the Vice Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan issued a statement announcing that Armenia and Azerbaijan had agreed to initiate delimitation and demarcation work in the “4 villages” of Tavush, conceding to unilateral terms by transferring these villages to Azerbaijan without receiving anything in return.

This development displeased the residents, who blocked a section of the Yerevan-Tbilisi interstate highway at Kirants-Voskepar late in the evening of April 19.

Early the next morning, residents were joined by Garnik Danielyan, a deputy from the opposition faction “Armenia” in the RA National Assembly, and Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, the head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

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Although residents managed to halt the demining of the Kirants and Voskepar territories on April 21, the demining process resumed the following day, April 22, due to the “efforts” of the military police, regular police, and SNB special forces, despite protests.

On the evening of April 22, village elders from the border villages of the Tavush region held meetings with Vice Prime Minister Mger Grigoryan and Nikol Pashinyan. However, no agreements were reached as the village elders refused to participate in the delimitation and demarcation commission, citing the process as unlawful.

Starting from the early hours of April 23, with the involvement of significant forces from the SNB, police, and Ministry of Defense, demining of the territory around the Baganis-Voskepar highway began within the framework of the “agreements” reached.

Meanwhile, the government of Armenia announced that expert groups would officially begin the process of clarifying coordinates along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border based on geodetic measurements.

Later, the leadership of the Noyemberyan community, including the administrative leaders of the border villages, issued a statement expressing their refusal to support or participate in the delimitation process in any way.