YEREVAN. – The border of Syunik and Gegharkunik Provinces of Armenia is properly equipped; but this work, of course, is carried out in secret so that neither the locals nor the Azerbaijanis can see it. Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this during Monday’s National Assembly special session to discuss the matter of electing a Prime Minister, answering the question of independent MP Taguhi Tovmasyan.

The MP asked, in particular, why the Armenian border was not properly equipped in the aforesaid areas.

"Maybe they are right in saying that [Azerbaijani president] Aliyev does not need to spend money on intelligence? Ultimately, we [Armenia] tell him everything. A little more, and they will start noting the coordinates: ‘There are good trenches here, but there are no trenches there, and there is a convenient corridor.’ Do we even understand at all what we are doing?,” Pashinyan complained, answering the MP's question.

Tovmasyan replied that the positions of Armenian and Azerbaijani troops were a few meters away in some areas, not to mention the trenches and their condition, and the ammunition and uniforms of the Armenian servicemen there were clearly visible to the adversary.

Pashinyan objected that if a border is visible to the naked eye, it is a bad border. "There is a volume of work that is not published and which is not visible to you or the enemy," the acting premier assured.