What is happening in Syunik Province is just a disgrace. There are sections there where an Azerbaijani can change his car’s license plate, drive to Yerevan, turn around and go back, and nowhere will he be stopped and asked, "Who are you? For what purposes are you here?" The second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, said this in an interview with three media outlets on Wednesday.

"This is not normal, this is the first function of the government, enshrined in the Constitution. It is also an obligation. (…). It seems the state has nothing to do with it, as if you are a fan from the side. (…). In Shurnukh [village of Syunik], when it was announced that by the verbal agreement of the prime minister [of Armenia] with Azerbaijan, some [Armenian] houses shall be handed over [to Azerbaijan], not the Azerbaijanis should come and tell that villager, ‘24 hours to you [to leave your house],’ but our official should go to, kneel before the villager, and apologize, our state must relocate them. (…). Syunik revealed the current disgraceful situation in which Armenia is," Robert Kocharyan noted.

"Anything is expected from this [Armenian] government. When goals, steps are unpredictable and you cannot build that logical chain from the point of view of your national interests, anything is possible. (…). And the impression is that this is another tool to destroy our Armenian people," Robert Kocharyan added.