Georgian authorities decided to extend territories at the expense of Shirak region, Armenia, while Georgian frontier guards now and then occupy Armenian territories.

Georgian border guards push as far as for dozen meters to Armenian land on Armenian –Georgian border (Shirak region sector), Aravot daily reports. Though the locals have title deeds and plots, however Georgian frontier guards ignore these documents, asserting that not yet specified sectors of Armenian-Georgian border should be obtained in Georgia’s interests. The issue is extremely topical in Bavra village. Koryun Sumbulyan, village community head informed the daily that locals cannot enter their territories of 3 km and 408 meters.

Demarcation commission on Armenian-Georgian border at RA Foreign Ministry did not give the definite answer to Sumbulyan. He was advised to dispose the land as he finds it expedient in the RA Ministry of Territorial Administration. However Georgian frontier guards keep on imposing obstacles while Armenian ones are silent.

Georgian side claimed of the allegedly existing treaty dated 1947, under which the mentioned territories belong to Georgia. As far as villagers unavailingly try to protect their property rights, the issue overgrew into a serious intergovernmental problem. According to some political analysts, Armenian-Georgian relations are tensed, being unsettled within first 20 years of the contemporary history.

NEWS.am delegated a reporter to investigate the situation in the spot.