Azerbaijan has occupied sovereign Armenian territory in Syunik, acknowledges French envoy
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GORIS, OCTOBER 30, ARMENPRESS. French Ambassador to Armenia Olivier Decottignies has recorded Azerbaijani occupation of sovereign Armenian territory in the Nerkin Hand section of Syunik Province.
Speaking to reporters in Goris, the French Ambassador presented his impressions from his visit to Nerkin Hand.
He said that a part of Nerkin Hand is occupied by Azerbaijan. “This situation creates great difficulties for the residents. They have a sense of danger, and that danger is real, because the strikes could start again. There are problems regarding everyday life, people even have problems with water, there is human drama here, people are unable to visit the graves of their relatives,” the ambassador said.
Asked whether he acknowledges that Azerbaijan invaded from all four sides in that area into the sovereign Armenian territory, the ambassador said, “From three sides, because we went there from one side.”