YEREVAN. – The opening of air and land borders with the Russian Federation has become an urgent need for many families. Edmon Marukyan, chairman of the opposition Bright Armenia Party (BAP) and head of its parliamentary faction, wrote this on his Facebook page.

"Spouses, children, parents… One cannot join the other due to closed borders.

Add to that also the issue of thousands of our compatriots going abroad for work.

"The commandant’s office [of Armenia] must do everything to resolve the issue of opening the borders as soon as possible," the BAP leader added.