The normal life of Jermuk has started to be restored; there are also vacationers in the city, governor Ararat Grigoryan of Armenia’s Vayots Dzor Province told reporters Monday.

"As a result of the [Azerbaijani] shelling of Jermuk [in September], thousands of people had moved to other places. Vacationing tourists were also moved to safe places and then left the city. Seventy percent of the city's population also had gone out the city. Now the life of the city is being restored. Naturally, we do not have the amount that should have been. Schools, kindergartens are working. We have pastures that are being monitored by the adversary, and it is no longer possible to carry out agricultural work there," said Grigoryan.

According to the governor, the Armenian government provided 50 million drams to Vayots Dzor as part of compensation for damages, and this amount may be increased in the future.

According to Grigoryan, the presence of the OSCE monitoring mission in the province can have a positive effect, but it is still too early to talk about it.

"Their presence will have a positive effect as a deterrent mechanism. No shots were heard after their arrival—although this is relative because they can shoot in the air, too. But there has been no border incident. A little time has passed, it should be studied," the governor of Vayots Dzor added.