Even after enlargement of communities, the Shinuhayr and Khot communities of Syunik Province of Armenia were borderline, but according to the current list published by the government, Shinuhayr isn’t included in the list, and I still don’t understand why. This is what leader of the enlarged Tatev community (center: Shinuhayr) Murad Simonyan told Tert.am, touching upon the comment that the government has released the list of borderline villages and that out of the villages of the enlarged Tatev community, only Khot village has become borderline, but Shinuhayr was also supposed to be included in the list.

According to him, the demarcation of Khot village and Vorotan is carried out through the hydroelectric power plant of Vorotan, and Shinuhayr is being demarcated through the gorge.

“Currently, not only these two villages, but also the entire Syunik Province are at risk. We need to be careful. For instance, there is an area for the community that isn’t used in Shinuhayr that might be transferred to Azerbaijan, but the gardens are safe and won’t be included. The map isn’t specified yet. Demarcation continues in this territory, and I don’t know how it will end,” Murad Simonyan said.

When told that the residents of borderline settlements will receive social support upon the government’s decision and asked what this is about, the head of the village said the residents of Khot and Shinuhayr were benefiting from a 50% discount for making cadastre payments before the war, but failed to say what will happen later.

Asked why the Russian peacekeepers have left, Simonyan said the villagers had dug trenches in three places and built a defense structure, but they were told to stop and that it’s wrong.

As for Khndzoresk, which isn’t included in the list of borderline villages, the head of the village noted that this is absurd.