There have been frequent Azerbaijani shootings in recent times toward Khachik village of Armenia’s Vayots Dzor Province.

The people of Khachik do not recall any period ever since the war in the 1990s when the Azerbaijanis had violated the ceasefire at such regularity.

As a result of these shootings, the villagers are unable to go their plots of land, which are in the immediate vicinity of the border with Azerbaijan.

Soon it will be time to harvest the wheat, but the people of Khachik are not sure whether or not they will be able to do the agricultural work.

"It's time to reap the harvest; last year this time we had reaped. We advance two kilometers further from our positions, we are working, there is no one in front of us to protect us; it is not possible because they [i.e., the Azerbaijani soldiers] are sitting [at their combat positions]. Now the whole village is under their surveillance," a resident of Khachik village told Armenian News-NEWS.am.