There is no problem at the Tavush border, it was false information, the border situation is the same as it was 1 or 2 years ago. The governor of Armenia’s Tavush Province, Hayk Chobanyan, told this to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The commander of the 3rd Army Corps ensuring the security of Tavush borders, General Grigori Khachaturov, made a statement demanding PM Nikol Pashinyan's resignation. To the question, "Is there a contradiction between the concerns of the political and military authorities? Do you not see any border issues, whereas high-ranking military officials have serious concerns," Chobanyan responded as follows: "That statement was not new if we consider the [army] General Staff’s statement [demanding Pashinyan’s resignation] under which Mr. Khachaturov also had signed. These statements have nothing to do with the protection of our borders and the specific service of the Armed Forces. There was no announcement in the context you mention."

The governor did not want to comment on the motives of the high-ranking military officials' statements, adding that he did not see any problem in fulfilling the obligations of the 3rd Army Corps. "Moreover, all the work is carried out at a high level. I met with the commander of the 3rd Army Corps in connection with the information agitation these days. I have no concerns in that regard," he added.

When the trilateral statement was published on November 10 last year, there was a mention of Tavush, which was corrected shortly after: it is about the following: "The Aghdam region and the territories controlled by the Armenian side in the Kazakh region will be returned to Azerbaijan by November 20."

Taking into account the current situation in Armenia’s Syunik Province where, as the government has announced, borders are regulated by "verbal agreement," is there no fear that Tavush may face the same situation? In response to this question, the governor of Tavush noted that they had conducted a study in that period and found out that the source of such information was an Azerbaijani Telegram channel. "This whole channel, which is created on the basis of pro-Azerbaijani statements, is wrong."

At the moment, the governor of Tavush has one concern: Azerbaijan's aspirations. And in order to resist them, Armenia must be strengthened, the level of security must be increased. "Our country, both before and after the war, has one task: to develop and prevent a new defeat. This defeat was a big blow for all of us. The fault of us all in it was that we did not do more than we could during the 25 years. Today we should not criticize each other, destroy our country, but get our country on its feet with mutual trust and support. Today thousands of people do it with their work, all that remains is for the other thousands to do the same. ”

And when asked whether the government that led the country to defeat should step down, Hayk Chobanyan responded "Whether to stay in power or not is a political issue. (…). I speak from the substantive agenda because it is a thousand times more important today."